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Before life remove all of the innocence.

Life values before independence

By Ikechukwu ModungwoPublished 11 months ago 3 min read
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Life is all about living. To be able to survive a day and be ready to repeat surviving the next day and the next day after until infinity or death.

As an adult, life is quite a struggle. The shuttling between work, family and societal expectations being so overwhelming and damning, living each day trying to fulfill the obligations superimposed upon one's life.

Every life begins by depending on another life, then takes a prearranged course towards learning until independence is achieved.

Before life remove all of the innocence, as children, life meant obedience to authority, living under the welfare of parents and guardians and having very little or no say in the decisions that will be responsible for shaping one's adult life.

I remember being a child. A very stubborn and radical one, who kept getting into trouble. And sometimes when I reflect on some events that happened during my childhood, I am more convinced that the best time to impact knowledge in life is before life remove all of the innocence.

According to a popular verse in the bible which says, "train up a child in the way he should grow and when he's old, he'd never depart from it." It is most important for parents and guardians to try to induct in their wards the values and discipline which will be beneficial to their development as future adults.

Before life remove all the innocence in the life of young individuals, a wealth of knowledge and discipline impacted by formative years of training by parents and guardians is the most useful resources that can make the difference in the personality of young people.

A time must come in the life of every child when the need for building deeper relationships separate from the familiar family relationship already established in the home will arise. The desire to be accepted by peers and an ambition to realize personal dreams of the unknown future. Most children cannot confide in their parents about their dreams, this is as a result that these desires are inspired mostly by forbidden acts.

Young children who begin especially sexual relationships mostly would try their best to keep it secret from their parents. The need of talking to someone about this secret, be it sexual or otherwise will lead to the development of friendships with individuals who are more of a willing and uncritical audience.

A lot of childhood friendships are based on secrets shared between friends who conspired together and developed a bond of togetherness built on the foundation of shared memories. These friendships being formed are usually unbiased as children mostly would not discriminate against the background of their friends or even consider how much being friends with the wrong kind of people might negatively impact on their own welfare and orientation. It is the responsibility of the parents and guardians thus to observe the kinds of relationships being developed by their wards.

The presence and guidance of parents are the main factors that will build the child to developing a realistic orientation of the world which is ceaselessly unfolding around. Exploring and adventuring, busy trying to discover the identify of their personalities and realities, children will be expected to make some mistakes and the parents have to anticipate these mistakes in order to be able to help steer their children out of the trouble they may stumble upon.

There should be a feeling of trust between children and parents as this might encourage the children to communicate with their parents about their life experiences and difficulties. Before life remove all the innocence is the perfect time to develop a trusting relationship with children, because once they start growing into adults and there is no trust connection, it may be very difficult to build.

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Ikechukwu Modungwo

I'm an online entrepreneur sharing insights on digital solutions and marketing, as well as a passionate blogger and music lover.

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