Catch the Words Children Throw in the Air...
Stop me if you've heard these before: "You don't have any problems. You don't pay bills, you don't have to worry about paying for food or clothes. All you have to do is go to school and be a child." "You're a child. You don't know what tired is. You're too young to be tired." "Just get over it. You'll be okay." "Don't question me. You are a child, and what I say goes. Don't worry about why." I never understood when adults played down children's problems. To me, it's another form of neglect. Telling a child or teenager that their problems are not really problems is just as detrimental as refusing to feed them or beating them until they have cuts and bruises. My thing is this; I may be 16 and my worst problem may be dealing with a classmate who doesn't like me. You may be 42 and worrying about whether you lose your job and could care less about what ANYBODY has to say about you, much less so...