Western preschools and schools find it important to nurture democracy. However, in order to succeed in nurturing democracy, democratic ideas must be implemented in all situations. Education alone, therefore, is not enough. All children must experience real influence over their situations, and experience the opportunity for self-determination in all areas of life. All preschool and school activities must be democratic. It is in daycare and preschool that the foundation for understanding what democracy is must be laid. Children must be able to take responsibility for their actions in their daycare and preschool environments, in accordance with ability and level of social development. Society must desire that children grow familiar with a democratic society's norms, values, and rules in a natural manner, both through the home environment and daycare. The practical consequences of such a strategy is that children in their everyday environment must be given information, be consulted, have the possibility to express their opinions, be involved, and take responsibility to the extent that it is possible for them to do so. This in turn demands that adults working in an educational environment must always be conscious of the fact that individual children should be the focus of activities.