Children never lie, they just tell you what they dream of having. As a parent, opportunity is the best thing you can give to your child. Not comfort, not easy living, not warm shelter, not good diet, not private school, not knowledge, not expensive treatments. All of these are important, of course, but they're not what make for good parenting - these are the bare necessities nowadays. Opportunity is the real gift. The chance to try, attempt, test themselves in a variety of arenas. The saddest adults were once children who never felt like they got a chance to show (and know) themselves. "I was really talented as a kid at X,Y,Z but my parents couldn't support it." How many times have you heard that? Seems like every other person grieves for a part of them that was never allowed to develop and blossom, right? Maybe even you feel that way, and for good reason. This modern psychosis and depression era is largely adults trying to get through an increasingly hostile and degenerate world while battling the demons of their past and healing their inner child. The truth of the matter is that kids who get to try (and fail or succeed) at more things in their youth develop faster and usually result in more successful adults. Children that get to engage and play and bond with kids of the opposite gender have significantly better access to and experiences with future partners and healthy relationships later on in life as well. It becomes easier for them to relate, communicate their needs, create boundaries through play and simulation. Kids that can see themselves perform and do well in a variety of things grow to be naturally confident and willing. Yet we live in a society that wants to treat children from poverty-ridden backgrounds like garbage and then expects them to turn into respectable adults when they grow up - all on their own. This is a sick and deranged world run by sick and deranged minds. Have you ever met a person who was probably tagged as an introvert in the friend group? When they come over, they don't want to sit anywhere, touch anything, ask too many questions without specifically being permitted to do so? Yeah, they were probably what the modern parent would describe as a quiet kid, or a kid who wasn't 'problematic'. Meaning that the child was probably indirectly coerced by the parents to never voice their desires, wants and needs - either through creating an expectation that they'd never be met anyway, or the child would get some sort of verbal scolding for doing so. "Oh, she'd never ask us for anything! We offered to buy this and that and she'd always say no!" This is a modern-day tragedy, right? For a parent to be celebrating the very damage and trauma they've inflicted on their child. 95% of all insecurities are formed during early childhood years, remember that - as a parent or future parent. ![[IMG_3514.jpeg]]