Do you view children as more innocent then adults?

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Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Yes, of course. I'm a teacher, and even the ones who misbehave aren't doing it to give you a hard time. They're doing it because they're having a hard time. Often if you talk to the kid and ask what's wrong, and you're gentle with them, and listen to what they have to say, it solves the behavior. They just want to know that they have someone on their side.

Children are inherently selfish. That's a developmental thing. They don't know how to see things from another person's point of view. But they're still very innocent, and don't want to do harm. If you tell them, for example, that something hurt your feelings, they will be very upset and apologetic. Far more than most adults. Because they also get sad when someone hurts their feelings. So they can understand that. They haven't developed empathy, but they have sympathy in droves. I've worked with one year olds, and even they get upset when they accidentally hurt another kid. Sometimes they just don't realize that their actions have effects until they see it.

They say funny things too. They love making connections. I was counting the kids in one of my classes one day, to make sure that I had taken out enough supplies, and I said the number five. One girl gets so excited and blurts out "I was five once, before I was six!" Another time, I explained to a kid how insulated water bottles work, and that there is a vacuum in between the two layers of steel, and he gets very focused for a minute, before saying, "You mean... I have outer space in my water bottle?" He was amazed.

They're also very honest. My school had a theme day, and I was chosen by head staff to dress up as a Disney princess for the day. The little ones (three to six year olds, mostly) were oohing and ahhing all day, calling me beautiful, and saying I was a real princess. They also got very protective of their time with me. One of my teacher friends joins my classes sometimes when he doesn't have a class. (I'm a preschool/elementary music teacher, so he finds my classes fun). Anyway, the kids kicked him out. They said he wasn't allowed to talk to the princess. It was hilarious. Another kid last week just randomly blurted out '"You're pretty" to me during class. The kids regularly talk about my hair, and today, a four year old walked into my class, grabs my arm and starts petting it, before saying "I love your skin!" And you know that all of their compliments are genuine. They don't understand the concept of flattering someone. If they think someone is ugly, they'll say that right to their face. Not to be mean, but just because they don't have a filter.

Their trust that they put in the adults around them is also endearing. They're big huggers. I'll sit down on the floor sometimes to be eye level with some of my younger students, and so that I can hear them better. They often just assume that they're meant to sit on my lap when I do that, and down they plop. Kids will regularly come up to me at the beginning or the end of class, saying that they need to tell me a secret, and then they'll whisper the funniest things. One girl said that she was scared of a character in a movie, but that she didn't want anyone to know. Another kid was being yelled at by his main teacher to move faster when putting on his shoes. I talked to the kid, and it turned out that the problem was that he didn't know how to tie them. So I tied them for him, and sent him off with a smile, and now he comes to me every day to ask me to double knot his shoes. Or the older ones will come up to me and tell me that they're auditioning for something, and they're really nervous to sing in front of everyone. But they'll practice with me, and sing with me. I've even worked with middle schoolers, and they still come to us with their problems, or when they're scared to do something.

It's sweet, and it motivates me to be a good person. I want to be the person that all the kids see me as.

Literalbillionaire17 · Accepted Answer

Yes, children are so pure and I just love that about them. It makes them so cute ☹️

Rania05 · Answer

I have a really young cousin and she's so cute but getting more EOF what I can call 'barbarian' and I know that's the influence of environment whenever I visit her I get real frustrated because the parental education my aunt (single mother) is giving her won't work out. Parents are supposed to make example for their children, it's hypocritical to expect someone, especially a child, to do something you don't or force him to. I try to smile and teach her things but somehow she sounds like she can't understand (I know she isn't stupid but try to act as if she's) and stare at me blankly and this is killing me and I'm even thinking about never giving birth issue, fearing I wouldn't be a good mother. I feel as if I'm the failure for not achieving anything with my cousin but the effect I have on other kids is apparent I can always impress them with my words and actions when trying to make them understand something, just because my cousin is a little smarter she pretend to not think about it when she's rejecting what I say because it sounds to troublesome to change what she's doing.

I don't want to gamble in giving birth to an angel or a devil 😇👿

ChrisMaster69 · Answer

Not really, a person would have to be exceptionally naive to view life this way.

just look at the Ukraine, look at countries where poverty and starvation are real daily occurrences.

look at refugee camps.

look at those abused by religious groups.

Hell really is for children.

They cry in the dark
So you can't see their tears
They hide in the light
So you can't see their fears
Forgive and forget
All the while
Love and pain become one and the same
In the eyes of a wounded child
Because hell, hell is for children
And you know that their little lives can become such a mess
Hell, hell is for children
And you shouldn't have to pay for your love
With your bones and your flesh

ROBOH70 · Answer

Yes. Children are pure hearts who have not become cynical about the world's beauty. Sadly millions of children have encountered the world's cynicism with its darkness, but speaking for myself, I can say I was an innocent for all of my childhood.

Blackcosmo · Answer

At least most of the time children are quite pure and naive. They don't really understand enough to do something extreme but they're also sometimes unaware of what their actions can lead to.

Plinko · Answer

They are. The moment this becomes untrue, they're not children anymore. They're something else. It's horrifying everytime.

letuswaltzforthedead · Answer

Not really, some kids are real jackasses, even the little ones. At least with kids you can train them otherwise, once they're too old, it's too late.

Anonymous · Answer

Kids are new here, they're naturally more innocent than adults.

Cubus · Answer

Yes, most of them are. Left wing parties want to take away their innocence by teaching them about homosexuality and gender fluid. In Spain they already teach it in kindergartens.

Monah4billion · Answer

Some children are something else. What they know these adults don't know

RuthlessAggression · Answer

nope in fact, children are probably sluttier than adults, at this point

Anonymous · Answer

Depends on the age. once they get past a certain age then it's all downhill from there. They become corrupt by society and their parents and their innocence is gone

KatherineJ · Answer

Children are born innocent.

Dinosaursandanime65 · Answer

Yeah the ones below 4th grade

Zolly99999 · Answer

Most of the time

Anonymous · Answer

Children are innocent and pure in heart

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

Yes, they are

Marshymallow · Answer

Most times they are

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, of course.

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