Children astound me with their inquisitive minds. The world is wide and mysterious to them, and as they piece together the puzzle of life, they ask 'Why?' ceaselessly.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Children give life a reason to be - they make life.
Children reinvent your world for you.
Children are so creative and imaginative that they just bring you to life all over again.
Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children.
When it comes down to it, I believe that, having made the decision to bring children into the world, I owe it to them to be as present as I can in their daily lives and to try my best to stay alive until they've made it through to adulthood.
I often get asked why I decided to spend time highlighting the mental health of children.
I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves.
Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.
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?
I don't know if we ever fully get over the pain of watching a child trying to find their way through a world that too often doesn't understand.
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