VULNERABILITY
"Protect Our Children"
Children are the future. Children are innocent. Since the beginning of time, children's innocence has been corrupted. Their minds have been brainwashed, and taken advantage of in so many ways that as adults, over time minds have been conditioned into thinking certain things are okay to do unintentionally, while others do things intentionally to hurt another human being. Our children have been the biggest target of all and over time I ask myself why. “Why the innocent babies and children?” Who comes into this world peaceful and innocent, they haven’t harmed anyone, they are supposed to be light, our future depends on our children. We all have heard the old saying “What goes on in this house, stays in this house.”
American Psychological Association That rule in the home brutally DAMAGED us as children mentally and emotionally. It is beyond one of the most toxic unhealthy rules you can ever have in your home. Children need to be able to express themselves no matter what. They should feel okay expressing their feelings to someone outside the home especially if they are being harmed. Our parents didn’t think about that, they didn’t care, they cared more about protecting themselves than their children. Just that one simple rule has caused so much pain and suffering to us as adults now. You have people who don’t know how to even express their feelings or emotions. That is a problem in our society today. This has affected our generations on a drastic large scale, especially my generation.
According to “The American Psychological Association Article Gen Z adults and younger millennials are completely overwhelmed by stress” Young adults between ages 18-34 years old average stress level is 6 out of 10, compared to older adults 65 and up. I and many others believe anxiety, depression, PTSD, and other diagnoses which come from living in a traumatic state from childhood trauma that we have suppressed over the years thinking that living like this is normal and okay but it’s not. The article also states on top of financial stress, working in corporate America, the job market, trying to maintain healthy relationships, worrying about possible debt, and then having to face our traumas as an adult, these are just some of the basics of problems we face on a day to day basis.
Instead of repeating the same patterns our Mothers, Fathers, grandparents, aunts, and uncles have done, how about we try changing for the greater good of protecting our children. We need to take accountability for our mistakes, change them and try different routines and avenues when it comes to approaching and taking care of our children. Look at the past and see where children were not being protected, YOU were not being PROTECTED! Let us make that change before it’s too late.
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An incredible message and, yes, children should be able to express themselves, but unfortunately, the world doesn’t allow children or even adults to be able to speak the truth or even share how they truly feel. As a result, we end up possibly raising monsters and living in a world where people are unhappy and take their frustrations out on others. For example, domestic violence, robbing others, paraphernalia, Depression, etc.