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Originally Posted by Kurt V
After all we were all kids once
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BINGO...From the vantage point of being an adult you can see that the child has not fully developed their cognative abilities yet. Part of this is age related and part is experience related. The role of the parent is one to be the childs guide so that they develope the skills, and two to protect/provide for the child while they develope those skills.
Children are just little people who have the same sensibilities eg feelings, common sense etc as adults. Adults are just older children.
One of the most important things a parent can do is teach their children about self awareness. You start by asking them WHY. Why do you feel that way, why do like or dislike that, why did you do that? At first your gona get. "I dunno." But that at least gets them to thinking. It comes down to do you want to be master of your own destiny or do you want to be at buffeted about by the events of life?