This is the famous saying of legendary British poet William Wordsworth who had a highly thought of childhood. He saw deep meaning and mystery in childhood and formulated the view that “the child is the father of the man”. When he says so, he means that the childhood shows the man as morning shows the day. In other words, he means that the character of the child’s mind indicates the nature of the man he is destined to be in the long run. Not only Wordsworth, but we all also assert that as the future tree is in the sprout, so the future man is there in the child. The bent of mind of a child, his tastes, inclinations, interests and sympathies, his likes and dislikes give a foretaste of the man he is going to be in future. Stories are told of great men – great leaders, emperors, legendary poets and writers, famous warriors, eminent scientists, who gave indications of their future tendencies in their infancy. The boy Napoleon, building forts of snow and storming and defending them became later the greatest general of France and a world hero. Shivaji as a boy had similar qualities in his childhood. Pele, the legendary footballer had shown great skills in his childhood with football. But there are also exceptions to this rule. Mahatma Gandhi had no remarkable achievements in school, great scientist Einstein was a weak student, George Bernard Shaw was a hopeless dullard in school and Kalidas, the greatest Sanskrit scholar had no education. But, the childhood indications have a practical value. It is seen that the boys and girls excelling in their schools and securing good marks in their classes achieve great success in their lives. The percentage of child genius meeting failures in life is very rare. Hence an attempt should be made to provide the child proper guidance and encouragement. We should not impose our design of life on a child; on the other hand we should carefully and perfectly guide and foster the child’s talent and inclinations.