It is very painful to watch a generation of growing individuals being told to " not trust anybody around them " and to "mind their businesses"
Embedding this idea in children is very dangerous, though we know that there are numerous situations where children are assaulted and hardly can react or understand what's happening with them. But do you think , that is the right narrative to impart?
Children must never be taught that people around them are innately bad (the conventional standards of being bad. huh) and they must not trust or develop intimacies with people out of their blood relations .
This disturbs the community or collective trust which is an essential element for every individuals life.
They must be taught about incidents happening.
About good touch and bad touch.
And a safe space must be built around them so that they can come over to share whatever they feel to.
Rather than this, the narratives most of the caretakers adopt today to make their part and responsibility clear is a bit ignorant.
No child must blatantly doubt and fear the community they are part of, or must be given the idea of living for oneself and not caring about others is the healthiest way out.
Humanity can sustain only in community and collectiveness
