The emotional intelligence of children should never be overlooked, we should never underestimate their inner strength.

Children aren’t naive, they are intelligent and intuitive, they absorb information at a tremendous rate and have the ability to see the world as it should be, fair and equal.

By design, children are natural born truth tellers, they can quickly learn to lie, be deceitful and project blame if they feel threatened however.

This is learned or copied behaviour but can be corrected.

Children are people pleasers, they strive to show us their personal achievements and earn our love and respect.

Smudgy hand printed pictures and wobbling teeth are ways to reach out for our approval and trust.

There are no greater leaders than children themselves, they are honest and practical thinkers.

If they go off the rails then someone has put them on the wrong track.

We all have a collective responsibility to be kind and nurture children.

Childhood trauma is the root cause of many mental health conditions in adulthood.

Abuse, neglect, unnecessary pressures and enforcing unrealistic expectations on children are the 4 main key factors.

For some children, their childhoods are shattered and for many they spend their early adulthood trying to pick up the pieces and put them back together.

Children are vulnerable, they need rock solid protection rights.

Currently there is a massive flaw in the system.

We put the protection rights of children below our own, our animals and our material possessions.

We feel in this country that it is still acceptable to use physical and emotional punishment as a way of ‘disciplining’ our children.

Smacking kids is WRONG. Screaming at children is Wrong.

We shouldn’t have the right to inflict pain on anyone, especially the most vulnerable.

Name calling our own kids out of frustration and labelling others is emotionally abusive.

Kids aren’t the problem, we are.

Kids can’t change the laws but we can do it for them.

It’s 2020, it’s time to put children first.

They have the right to peace, quiet, calm, consistency while they grow and develop and they have the right to be safe.

04/01/2020