Such is the life of a man. Moments of joy, obliterated by unforgettable sadness. There's no need to tell the children that.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When you have little children, you want to tell them about joy and happiness and hope. And then comes the time you want to tell them there are tough moments. I admire people who can do that.
Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled with sadnesses.
I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! But life and death go hand in hand. It's our condition as human beings.
When children have grieving parents it's also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy.
Children may not notice the positive moments in life unless we point them out to them.
It's OK to let your children see you cry.
The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, they're in a good mood.
Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares. I have had experience enough to know what I say.
Children are so precious.
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