Why are children restless?

Little children are so active and brisk to the point of causing annoyance to the parents. Maharishi will tell us the reason and then we will realize that getting angry with children is only because of the adult's ignorance.

All the human beings on the earth grow up only by defying the gravity and each species has its own height and life span. The common weed which has the minimum height grows just an inch or two and the coconut-palm it is sixty feet of height. The potential for growing up to six feet is there in the child in restless activity. That is why the constraints placed by the adults fail to control the child. 

What we should do is to channelize the child's energy in a constructive manner so that it may not harm itself or others. Cultivate kindness towards children whenever you happen to be in their company. Being harsh or rough to children is only a symptom of our spiritual in maturity.