Hello everyone, hope you are doing very well today and that your day is going smoothly too. It's Hivenaija weekly prompt #74, and it has been a while.
Today I have the privilege to write about honesty and protection in the family regarding the kids. Children are beings that can ask questions and always want to get answers to all those questions, whether it's a lie or you are telling them the truth. They just like getting involved in big things. For me, if I see a child like that, I will think that they are very smart, and I feel any child that starts like that will be a good adult.
But speaking of how to protect them from being psychologically down, then wisdom should be played out so that they will not be hurt by your answer.
There is a saying that goes thus: "Don't bite off more than you can chew," and some of the time children would always want to bite off more than they can chew. Parents should be open to the children by letting them know that the information is not for their consumption, so as such they should forget about it. And you need to really make them see when you are worried because this could make them not believe you when you say that you are fine. There are times you tell a child that you tell him or her about what you are going through and he or she would really want to know what you are going through at the moment; that is when some adult lies to their children. I feel at that point you make them understand that they are not capable of handling such information, and this will make them learn how to raise their children too. And this will also make them know that they should not tell all their problems to anyone who cannot handle it, and that is maturity.
There are some family problems; you need to let your children know so that they can live in reality and not in what is not there. In times you are faced with financial crisis, you should let them know so that they will not demand things you can't afford, and doing this will make them trust you. When you tell them about not having the ability to provide them with that particular need, you need to also keep reassuring them that they are safe with you, that things will be better. Do not borrow to keep up with your kids wants, as this would make them not contented when they grow up. There were some Christmases we did not celebrate because of lack of money, but we did not die; Mum and Dad would always tell us that every day was Christmas, as we would steal the food we did eat on Christmas day another day, and you dare not collect from anyone. They taught us contentment, and we are contented even till now.
It is very important to be honest and, at the same time, protect our children.
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