The article encompasses the problems of childhood and its influence on the rest of one's life. I have concentrated on this crucial and specific time in life. It is demonstrated by biology, medicine, psychology, and psychoanalysis that human habits are formed in childhood. Health, hygiene and aesthetic behaviour determine one's further fate and influence life in its entirety. It is that phase of human life that determines the rest of it. In childhood children manifest their cognitive and emotional powers. They are ready to discover the world. That is how they demonstrate their power, but also fragility and sensitivity. The notion of value is mainly related to the meaningful aspects of human existence. That which is held dear and considered important determines further goals. Opinions and experience serve to emphasize that which is important. Those are created and take shape with the child's development. I took great care to emphasize in the article the enormous value of childhood as part of human life. Values, along with childhood, have a decisive influence on the essence and form of existence.