8 - Innocence

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@RichWithey tainted?! No! Thanks for taking the time to comment! I worry about having kids too. I worry about all kinds of things my future children may come up against. My own upbringing was great at home but I made a friend at school who knew way to much for a young child and my innocence was stolen in a way.

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@RichWithey thanks very much 😊 To be honest, I think most kids that age retain their innocence. I knew that girl for a long time and her parents used to say all kinds of things in front of us. I think the vast majority of parents have the sense to keep adult conversations out of kids' earshot.

@RichWithey parents will make mistakes, it's inevitable. That also scares me when I think about having kids! It's sad that a social worker would scream and curse at her kids. Maybe it's just a job to her. But you see that from time to time with say teachers or nurses too. They are jobs that you should really have a passion for because you influence kids and care for people. In the last couple of years I have experienced a teacher who did nothing when a child close to me was being bullied and doctors and nurses who treated my uncle like he was just a number. He went months with litres of fluid on his stomach that they knew about and didn't bother draining it. When a different hospital finally did it, the tests on the fluid showed he had liver failure all that time. I feel it's very important that people really care when they choose careers like that. And I know there are many, many people in those professions that are passionate about their work. I acknowledge that and respect them for it.

@RichWithey I went a bit off-topic there! 😜

@RichWithey there should definitely be standards that go beyond teaching academic lessons. Children spend a huge amount of their time with their teachers so they also influence small children's upbringing to some degree. Although they say the first three years are the most important in a child's growth, they're still learning and taking everything in. Over two years, I had two teachers when I was 5-6. I remember mistakes I made with both. One made me feel like a total idiot and had the whole class laughing at me and the other picked me up and turned me upside down, messing and including me in it, not making me feel like an idiot, but making me see it as something that was funny. The first one was a strict, angry woman and she made me feel like I can't be wrong. That's not a good trait and I still struggle with that. I get very embarrassed if I'm wrong about something.

@RichWithey yeah, you're right. You can't do everything right but once you're mostly happy with the way you're bringing them up, they'll make you proud when they go off to school 😊