I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in their lives when they need to be alone and quiet and to be able to accept their aloneness.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think a lot of kids feel alone and slightly isolated and in their own world.
If love alone could cure our children, they would always be well.
Children need stimulation and stability. That can come from grandparents, cousins, teachers, nannies, childcare centres - as long as they engage with the children and are really fond of them. There are also times when children need to be left alone to learn to be independent and to encourage their imaginary friends.
When I was growing up in the Forties and Fifties, you could hide your children from the difficulties of life, but today you can't separate children's contact with the adult world today.
I've been blessed to spend time with young people and help encourage an environment where it's comfortable for them to be who they are. That's precious for children.
I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.
We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.
I would never say out loud that I am raising my children alone, but a lot of the time it has felt like that.
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?
Being alone & actually sitting with our own thoughts can lead to such growth and realizations that are rare in our everyday busy lives.
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