Children No Longer

Children are a blessing when they are being a blessing. Nevertheless, people talk about wanting their children to be children. This is natural desire that parents want for their child. All the troubles that they faced they don’t want their children to face. So much so, that they don’t realize that despite their best interests to protect them, the best thing they could have done is warn them.

Children are no longer just children. They are children who are facing adult problems. Tragically people don’t seem to realize that. Instead, we treat them as children when they are literally going through the wars. And if we do we get wind of it; the way we combat the issue? Let children be children, and other such inane remarks.

One is all for children being children, and enjoying a childhood. However, the realistic truth is that children are facing things that their parents might never have experienced or even thought in their wildest dreams.

It’s not that this is one of those scaremonger posts, it’s just that these are the facts. This is life. People need to realize that children are not just children. They are children that have a very high chance of seeing terrible things or going through horrible things at a very young age.

While children should have room to be children. Children shouldn’t really be treated like children in this day and age. Looking at the world you can understand why.

Children have a very limited time to have moments as children before they are thrust out and forced to face adult problems. The problem though is that they are not fully equipped to deal with these problems because they are just “children”.

Innocence does not equal naivety or stupidity. Kids can be still kids, but still know about stranger danger, violence, substance abuse, and sexual harassment.

Children are resilient creatures. However, you can only be resilient for so long. The problem with society is that to them they are just children. However, someone being raped, bullied, and being beaten up, is still a person. Whether it be a child. Actions perpetuated by another child is just as good as an adult.

Children cannot be sent out to life without being at least warned what they will face. It’s not fair enough to just say, “make new friends at school”.

Thankfully, not every child, will face all these things, but the chances are very high. It’s not that we want our children to be full blown cynics or dark minded people. However, a little enlightenment before they are thrust in the world is needed. It is much better to expose certain things in your own time than before others do it more roughly.