It is often thought that the phrase, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men” is attributed to Frederick Douglass, but the only quote of his that comes close to this is, “Once thoroughly broken down, who is he that can repair the damage?”. Potatoes, potatoes, as they both seem to mean the same thing to me, that being a child that experiences an undo trauma will most likely carry that with them for the rest of their life and they will never be the same. Adults can recover better from a deeply distressing or disturbing experience, because they have seen more of life, but children are special and they need to be protected as much as possible.
Written for Stine Writing – Poetry, Positivity, and Connecting!, Simply 6 Minutes hosted by Christine Bialczak.
Thank you for your wise words
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You are welcome, but all your thanks should go to Christine for hosting this challenge.
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We had similar but opposite posts today…great advice.
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That is bound to happen since we both write every day.
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It’s a good thing and a good message…well mine was the opposite but still.
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Great message and wonderful song to go along with it! Thank you for participating again this week!
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It was my pleasure Christine.
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Reblogged this on Stine Writing and commented:
Jim’s contribution to Simply 6. Thanks Jim for participating!
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Yea.
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“Teach Your Children” was one of the singles I bought after I got my first stereo 50 years ago…
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I always liked it because Jerry Garcia played petal steel on this song.
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A great number of children are suffering with anxiety at present. Even more so than the parents.
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That could be do to all the coddling and pampering that is going on now.
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I agree. Incidentally, I have been educating myself more on DID. It is said that you can’t have DID without experiencing some kind of deep trauma when you were really young.
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That makes sense to me.
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