Dear young, grown up and even older children,

Let each child grow up to be loved, to be strong in the face of challenges, to continue to be curious about the colorful world, to develop and achieve one by one all the important things in life that make them happy.

The most valuable gift for the child is the embrace of mom and dad, because there is no love in the world more special than that between parents and children. Mother's and father's words are magical - they give strength and courage, meaning and support. They hold the power of an unwritten law.

And all of us who care for children know that children really deserve to be lived for. None of us is perfect and it is human to make mistakes, but when we are devoted to children, we must all strive for perfection. I am convinced that if we try harder as parents and work lovingly in our professions, we will have done the most important thing to make the children happy. If we all help each other together and show children what love, justice and potential are, we can achieve more and provide them not only with a happy childhood, but also with a happy future.

And somewhere in the difficult dialogue about the best for our children, between mistrust in institutions and imperfection of documents, we have to admit that both the best texts and the best promises make no sense if we do not have a common understanding and the consent of all of us to put them into practice.

I believe that we will find common ground, we will be sensible and dignified, together we will be a good example for our children, and we will do it because we want the best for them. Just as one day they will become parents and according to an old Bulgarian tradition, they will want the best for their children.

With love,

Dr. Eleonora Lilova