" IF WE COULD TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME"

If we could turn back the hands of time ...to the days when we were young...and the hardest choices in life that we had to make were...do I wanna get on the merry-go-round or the swings...do I want the 48-count or the 64-count box of Crayola Crayons... when you didn't know what the in-crowd was or even much cared...when you went to school and actually learned something..and when friends stayed true no matter what and wasn't always trying to compete with one another. some parents today put so much pressure on their children to do good that eventually the pressure and the strain that it puts on them begins to be a weight to heavy for them to carry, and for some children this begins in their early childhood between the ages of 6-8. I myself have seen this firsthand....even to some children the importance of winning a simple card game may define to them their importance and significance of feeling like a winner. Simple games that are looked upon at being just for fun is a competition. a parent does not realize that this type of behavior may eventually lead to low self-esteem and can also lead to depression and suicidal thoughts should they ever lose in an competition that they feel may mean their life to them. So maybe incorporating into a young child's life the need to be so competitive, teach them to have fun and to enjoy what they are doing, because once they lose that innocence...they also lose a part of their childhood.