Why is innocence so important

War Dancers poetry prose. Writing takes 30 to 50 hours a week, support from readers keeps this going. Also, want to read the next 3 chapters right away? MomSecure says:. This is such a great article. We can relate. The Internet has exposed children to various risks such as cyberbullying and pornography. Leave a Comment sexy people leave comments. Click here to cancel reply. Because failing to do so puts them at greater risk to a predator, groomer or some other abuser than informing them does.

The question becomes this: if you believe children should not be told about their bodies, then who is the act of not telling them for? Who is it for? Is it to protect the delicate sensibilities of the adults because they cannot handle the topic themselves?

Are the adults too immature to respond without unnecessary sexualization of the topic? Research shows that abstinence-only methods can cause significant problems for young people.

And then that lack of preparing the child adequately for what they might be exposed to could be considered neglect or child endangerment. The getting consent to change a diaper thing might be a little extreme but I get where the educator was going with that. We find out handling them becomes a bit of a battle or struggle when they become toddlers. Think about an average day with a baby or toddler.

We sometimes force brush teeth, brush hair, buckle them into strollers or car seats, get them shots or immunizations. Now hear me out — sometimes these things are necessary for their health and safety. The first time I realized how traumatic it must be for my baby to be taken to the doctor to be given a shot, I prepped her beforehand.

My purpose is to help as many people as I can, and normalize therapy of all forms. My journey hasn't always been an easy one; as a child, I was diagnosed with a number of learning disabilities, which meant many hours of therapy.

Of which I will always be grateful for. I went on to study marketing and business, during this time, I went through a massive life change. Questioning every decision I had made up to that point, which led me onto a road of self-discovery, church and the bible. Losing 25kg and exploring a new way of doing life, I grew some wings and explored the world. Spending a couple of years working in the sales department for an 'off-plan property investment company', in London.

Afterwhich coming back to South Africa to marry the man of my youth, where we now share in the joy of raising our crazy brood of 4 little boys on a farm in rural South Africa. After a series of life events, and seeking the counsel of a therapist in order to find my own personal healing.

This journey, leading me to pick up the books again and study, Career Guidance Counselling. All of this helped propel my passion of Mental Health and Physical Wellness.

It was through a conversation, in , with my darling friend Jess, in which we hatched up the concept of 'Online Therapy of all forms - Mind, Body and Wellness. This is where it started, we co-founded and now co-own Connectable Life- making mental health and wellness easy, accessible and stigma-free. Our goal is to make, 'the therapy space,' accessible to all who need it. Highlighting the power of healing for everyone, wellness over illness.

Childhood Innocence February 24, Childhood innocence is something we need to remember What happened to us? Time often steels our childhood innocence from us where does it go? Toddlers are friendly and kind, what happened to us. Looking at ways to bring back that Child in us A few years ago, I lived in this tiny town where it was common practice to wave at everyone as you drove past, even if you had no clue who they were.

Looking at those around us that we can learn from My gran was a very special lady and someone I need to think of often. I think we could adopt these traits too. Mind , Wellness. This is perhaps the hardest part of all innocence to let go of. My eldest, Jean, nowadays seems perpetually disappointed in me and I can only ascribe this to the fact that I have let her down by proving unable to either be perfect or protect her against the world. After all, she was forced to face the separation of her parents when she was only six years old.

But I feel, self-defensively perhaps, that her disappointment is more about her particular loss of what we all must lose. Innocence goes deeper than ignorance.

It is some mysterious operation of the imagination, the part that can enter into mental universes from which one is soon to be forever excluded. I have my own particular recollection of this. Every year from when I was of reading age, I was given a Rupert the Bear annual for Christmas and every Christmas day I fell upon it with a passion, losing myself in the mysterious tales of Chinese wizards and sea-gods and wood sprites.

Then one year I picked up the annual and could not "get into it". It was just a book with pictures and a story.