To the editor: It is very important protect kids from the tough realities of life to permit them to develop their sense of self progressively. This preliminary “bubble” permits for inside stability and security to develop, which in flip fortifies that particular person as they start to turn into conscious of life’s harshness. Make-believe, fantasies, fairy tales, tooth fairies and Santa Claus serve this function.
The kid who’s allowed no protected area to develop, as in situations of poverty, abuse or the overwhelming awfulness of warfare, developmentally suffers. On the different excessive, extra coddling of a kid is crippling in that it denies that little one the chance to discover ways to deal with all of life that they are going to encounter as adults.
Donald Trump, the peddler of unreality, tries to promote the general public on how great all the things is, will likely be and — insidiously — was (“A small military is racing towards time and Trump to protect U.S. historical past,” Nov. 4). Modifying historical past to subtract uncomfortable truths denies mature kids, after which grown adults, the power to study to deal with what the reality of the previous actually was. Like in Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451,” simply take the appropriate capsule and all discomfort is alleviated; the worth resides a lie.
As George Santayana stated, “Those that can not keep in mind the previous are condemned to repeat it.”
Sheldon Kardener, Santa Monica
