This paper is about the need for Korczak who defines social education from the point of view of the child. This definition is based on the right of the child to a serious attitude to himself or herself, the right to trust and respect. This paper is an attempt to reveal the role of the family in the child’s upbringing in accordance with Korczak’s ideas. The kind of respect that adults should pay to children is understood as trust in their ability to act independently and purposefully. The paper emphasizes the support of the child-adult unity where children acquire universal human values and strengthen their personalities. The paper contains many children’s statements as well as an interview with the author’s daughter who, after reading the book King Matt the First, wrote her own version of the Children’s Manifesto.