Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have; they know where they are.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.
I worry about children not having a sense of any direct connection to the past.
Kids have to experiment a little or figure out where they belong.
Kids need to see their world reflected back to them.
Children learn what they live.
Kids search for what's relevant, what connects with their life... now. They know bad things happen like Hurricane Katrina. Through character driven stories, they explore what it's like to survive, thrive, and become more themselves.
Children have a way of forcing you back into the present moment.
Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.
Unfortunately, in some parts of the country, some kids are taught at an early age that being different is somehow bad or wrong or worthy of ridicule.
You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.