Children may not notice the positive moments in life unless we point them out to them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled with sadnesses.
That part of life is the thing that we really need to concentrate on. If you lose the way children look through their eyes at the world, it really becomes kind of a doldrum.
How on earth do people imagine we equip children for life if we never show them the sorts of issues other people encounter, if we never talk through with them how they might deal with difficulty or violence or unexpected shocks and surprises?
Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.
From a personal standpoint, I'd say that, yeah, seeing how quickly children grow, you realize how fast life goes by.
Children give life a reason to be - they make life.
When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating.
Children usually do not blame themselves for getting lost.
Such is the life of a man. Moments of joy, obliterated by unforgettable sadness. There's no need to tell the children that.
Children have a way of forcing you back into the present moment.