We Owe Our Kids A Good Childhood

As parents, we have the responsibility of raising the next generation of responsible adults. It is more important now, than ever before, to focus on the next generation.

Our world is reeling from wars and political turmoil. There is too much violence and hatred in our world. Too much unrest and pointing fingers. The news are broadcasting and gaslighting us with propaganda and opinions and we are stretched into looking left and right in bewilderment like watching a tennis match.

We need to trust what we believe is true in our hearts. What really matters in life.

Our children.

We need to focus inwards. On our own communities and neighborhoods. On our children's safety in and out of school. Who we hire to coach and take care of our kids in sports and other clubs when we are working.

Who is taking care of your child right now? Is your child safe with them? Do you trust them?

As a trauma survivor, those questions have always been at the forefront of my mind when it comes to my own kids and those in my care.

Their safety and happiness are always paramount. Anything else is secondary.

As responsible adults, we have the ultimate responsibility for the safety of all our young people.

It starts with you and we can't do it on our own. Someone once told me that "it takes a village to raise a child." The problem becomes when you cannot trust all of those village members.

We owe our children the best childhood, in order to make them well-rounded and educated grown ups. To help them in their journeys to become the people they are called to become. To help them realize their dreams and talents.

Our future doctors, lawyers, teachers, social workers and politicians are growing up right now.

Our children first depend on you and how you bring them up in this world.

We become parents, the moment a child is conceived. Your foetus can hear your voices after only a few weeks in utero. Your baby can feel its mother's feelings throughout pregnancy. When the baby is born, he or she believes that they are a part of you for the first year.

As parents and carers, we are vital to a baby's development into a toddler. The experiences that your children have when they are growing up will live with them for the rest of their lives because those experiences have shaped them into who they are.

So what makes up a recipe for a good childhood?

Give your children opportunities to shine but also to make mistakes and failures. A child needs to encounter many different situations to understand what kind of person they want to be. Let them try everything at least once and then decide whether it's for them or not.

Guide your children to learn to understand what it means to be a citizen of this world. What it takes to be a decent, humble human being. By using social skills, listening skills, sharing ideas with others and learning that everyone's voices matters and should be heard. That people are much better working together than against each other.

Teach them about the world and their place in it. Show them how to look after each other, pets and animals, the environment and our oceans. How to recycle plastic and reduce waste products. How to live sustainably and with the environment instead of against it.

Educate children to understand our history as human beings and allow them to shape their own opinions and voices. Take your children to museums and heritage sites. Show them our beautiful world that we live in and let them explore and marvel at its beauty.

If all adults focused on the younger generation right now, our world will become a much better place. You harvest what you sow.

The change starts with you. Are you up for the challenge?

My name is Lizzy. I'm a trauma survivor, a wife, a mom, a teacher, and an author.

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