Children thrive when their teachers are deeply interested and committed to each of them. Our teachers help the children at our center gain awareness of what they are learning but also respect the children's needs and desires to learn in individual ways. The teachers establish and maintain a certain balance between individual freedom and social responsibility. Each child needs to learn how to share and cooperate with his or her peers. At the same time, each child needs to learn how to be autonomous and to feel competent dealing with the world and others.