The Princess of Wales hosts Shaping Us National Symposium
On Wednesday, the Princess of Wales hosted the Shaping Us National Symposium with the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood at the Design Museum in London. The Symposium brought together cross-disciplinary leaders, child and adult specialists, and global thinkers to consider how we grow, think, and behave throughout life, in order to build resilience for the future.
The Princess of Wales made the keynote speech in which she said : “Nurturing skills that enable us to know ourselves, manage our emotions, focus our thoughts, communicate with others, foster positive relationships and explore the world are just as valuable to our long-term success as reading, writing or arithmetic. These skills are the bedrock, not only for helping children to thrive, but also for restoring, protecting, and investing in humankind. So, to rebalance and restore, calls for new thinking and action at every level. Because the future of our children is something we all build together; through the actions each and every one of us takes every day. It is therefore time we understood that building a healthier world means nurturing the foundations that support our children – everything from the systems that govern early care through to our attitudes to those raising the next generation, and the support they receive. Because if we can create a society which sees the child within every adult – and the adult within every child – we will finally start to change it for the better.”
Afterward, the Princess of Wales listened to several panel discussions. The Symposium also shared the findings of the global listening exercise involving experts from 21 countries around the world which the Center conducted with the aim of uniting the thinking on the key foundational skills we lay in early childhood.
The Princess of Wales wore her Emilia Wickstead suit with her Gianvito Rossi pumps.
