Journal 7 - Childhood

   I believe children are being  overly protected and isolated from the outside world. Society Social agenda has shifted rapidly from 40-50 years ago. A rapid change doesn't mean necessarily "good". The rapid change goes hand and hand with children being overly protected. Society and the world has become a very dangerous place. Caregivers are paranoid of this. With the fact that children are treated as extremely innocent creatures. In turn caregivers are overly protecting their kin. Children need social lives growing up, it is a must. A child needs to be exposed to the outside world, but they must be educated about the world. We should stop overly protecting our children but instead educate our children about the world outside. Overly protecting them only has negative effects. Every child needs to have a social life. Social aspect of society is one of the largest parts of developing. If not the most important. It shapes a developing person. I believe protecting children from that can only hurt a child growing up.