I personally believe in progress. I think one of the most debilitating and harming things you can do to a child is to keep them in the dark.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Children and teens need to explore the dark side as a healthy part of growing. If a child is protected from everything dreadful, he will have no coping mechanisms in place when finally confronted with disaster.
Lots of children have had dark experiences, and if they're not having direct dark experiences, they are thinking about things and learning that life is fragile. You have to acknowledge that side of life to be able to then offer comfort and hope and goodwill.
I think that no matter how dark a person is, the more you learn about them, the more you understand about their life, the more you can sympathize with them or even root for them.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I'm still scared of the dark. I have to have a light on all night. It's completely irrational, and my son is the same. I just hate the dark.
Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world.
I think the main thing for kids is to have them believe in themselves.
It's hard for me to believe someone could harm a child.
I believe it's in the best interests of a child to be in a stable environment.
The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.