Protecting Your Children
By bethyboo
@bethyboo (399)
United States
December 19, 2007 12:23pm CST
Do you ever feel like you want to protect your children from every bad or negative thing in the world? I know you have to let them learn things on their own and make their own mistakes but sometimes that has to be so hard to do. I'm a new mother with a 6 week old and I think about him growing up and I want to protect him so bad from any suffering or bad experiences he may ever face. When he is asleep and he cries out in his sleep and I think he is having a bad dream, it breaks my heart that I can't do anything about it. I know he is going to experience even worse things than that but it is hard. I just know I am going to protect him and raise him the best way I can. How do you deal with these feelings?
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4 responses
@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
20 Dec 07
Hello, bethyboo!the children should be adequately protected so long till they understand the real world.truly speaking they need be protected till the age of 14 because so long they are supposed to be ignorant of the world around them and out of curiosity they commit blunders.it is the child psychology.hence they should be given protection to that extent.besides they should be under strict vigilance till their adulthood so that they may not commit blunders as many cases are reported in the medias.they should be advised only to mind their studies.but you have not reached to that stage.now you only take proper care of your child so that he may not fell ill.he might be sleeping almost 18/20 hours now,feed him at regular intervals,change his clothes when wet,keep him warm during cold,and give him love.at this time this much you should do for the good of your child.thank you.all the best.
@bstarun2007 (72)
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20 Dec 07
congradulation, do you worried a lot. Am a mother also you dont worry god is there.you think positive ,you get free.
@cherriemae (3370)
• Philippines
20 Dec 07
as a parent, we really want to protect our children in every ways but not in every time we can protect them specially when their out of the house, if they want to learn things on their own...i understand what you feel coz i'm also a mother..were so depressed when we see our child cries but we can't do about it..maybe the best way we can do is that give them comfort, hug them and say that we love them and were here always for them..
@cefaz_21 (2596)
• Philippines
20 Dec 07
I am yet to be a parent but I have nieces and nephews whom I love so much..
Part of me wanted to protect them from all the pain and hardship our world can give..I have this feeling of "please spare them" but of course in reality..it cannot be.
There was this incident one time and I cried a lot, my eldest nephew is only 1o years old and he has been exposed to harsh realities of life, his dad went to work abroad and then had a girl there and now she has another girlfriend and we heard they are now living together as a couple..that was painful..and I don't want him (my nephew) to know that..
But my mom who got so mad on my brother in law, told him and he said "what are you saying grandma?"..it broke my heart..I wish I could get the pain from him..




