What the best thing about being A CHILD?
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simple life...no tommorrow, no yesterday..just live for today...play...having fun..cheer...smile..no responsibility &#92;(^o^)/
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1. patience\n2. resourceful\n3. kind\n4.empathy for children\n5.see each child as an individual and not as part of a group
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I'm 34 years old.  Don't be in such a rush to grow up.  Its more fun to be a kid.
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Kids are so smart, why can't we keep that mentality as we grow up. Life would be so much more enjoyable in my opinion.
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I want my children to grow up to be normal, healthy, law-abiding, independent, compassionate and drug/alcohol free  christian adults who aren't afraid to stand up for what they believe in. I want them to be confident and secure in themselves and not put up with people who hurt them. I want them to know their dad and I did our best and we love them. I want them to look back on their childhood with happiness. I want these things most of all because my kids are my biggest priorities in life.
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I was an only child and I have to say that I loved it.  It's hard as an adult because parents will focus all their time and energy on you.  I'm also dreading the day when they pass away because as an only child, I won't have siblings to lean on.\n\nAs a child, I scored straight As and went to college.  I'm guessing this is also because my parents spent a lot of time with me and spent a lot of money putting me through private schools.  I also loved school...I was a bit of a nerd.\n\nI wasn't lonely because there were a lot of children in my neighborhood and I had a lot of friends.  It's important for parents of only children to make sure their child spends time with other children so they can learn social skills.\n\nThis is my individual experience.  Other only children may have different experiences.
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The best thing is being happy.  If you are happy with yourself it is a GREAT thing.  The sooner in life you find what makes you happy the happier you will be.
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pros:  Your kids are free to learn based on their own pace, and delve deeper into thier own interests.  \n\nCons:  Your kids learn from you, so if you have bad habits they will have them too.  Evaluate your self before you start...\n\nand create a good group of friends with kids aged 2-3 years younger and older than your kids.
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Each child that is born is a blessing from God.. After you have children of your own you'll realize it for yourself.. \n\nThe joy that is experienced when a baby is brought into the world is an undescribable feeling.. Seeing the child develop and grow and experience the world with 'new eyes' is a powerful, awe-inspiring testament to the beauty that God has blessed us with.. When you have a child you can vicariously re-experience the same feelings you had when you were a child and see the world with innocence and joy..
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african qoute "a whole village raises a child" benefits of this include low risk of child abuse; raise responsible and manageable kids;low risk of child kidnapping and molestation etc i hope i'm on the right track in terms of what you need.
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Children at this age feed off of our emotions.  If they sense that we are fearful or stressed, they will also be fearful or stressed.  The very best thing you can do for your precious gift from God is to portray your pride in her.  Your positive attitude towards her abilities to succeed, your excitement about her new adventure and your pride in her self confidence will make her feel empowered.  Empowerment is the best gift we can give our kids.
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Irrespective of the question : \n\nThe most important thing to a mother is her child. (One cannot deny that.) \n\nThe most important thing to a father is his family. (His wife and children and ofcourse his mother. Maybe, he loves his children more than his wife and/or his mother.) \n\nBut the most important thing to a child (in the world today - not the ideal/utopian scenario) is (correction are ) his/her - friends. (Accept it, deny it, reject it, trash it, bash it. Most of the time, when you are a kid, you cannot tell your family your innermost secrets and dreams. So, the peer group becomes more important than family)
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advantage is he/she gets all sorts of love and attention\ndisadvantage:  he/she doesn't get fully socialized, as you would growing up with siblings.
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A child is NOT a small adult. If one does not properly go through childhood and be a kid and play and experience all the highs and lows that go with every experience, every feeling, every emotion they do not grow to be proper adults. \n\nI abhor when people treat children as little big people. \n\nThe answer to your query has nothing to do with chronology.\n\nA child can be grown at 7 and a kid at 40 and some 80 year olds are just older. They never had a career only jobs along the way. They have no real friends or attachments. They have only always been adrift. \n\nMost people construct barriers/boundaries that keep others away, protect themselves and keep them from harming others. This can occur early or late in one’s life. Generally speaking though, it occurs somewhere in high school or college. Society teaches us we cannot ask someone’s name when we forget, we (well some) of y’all learn what not to do or what to do as you grow to take your place in the Society of sheeple that is the land where most dwell.\n\nI know you are thinking “What the hell?” “Just get on with it will you.” What you have asked is actually one of the most complex of querries. So, be a little patient. \n\nPaying bills, raising kids, holding onto a job for more than a month, owning a car (used or new), paying rent (or a mortgage)…these are things that adults do-those chronologically over 18 (generally). These ‘things’ are NOT I repeat being able to do these things doth NOT an adult make. A monkey can do these ’things’. \n\nWhat makes you an adult is when you come to know right and wrong and you chose to do things just because they are correct and not for any reward of any kind. Well, sortta. I guess when you go to work you do expect to get a reward-in the form of a check. I oft say that “Do I get my bi-weekly reward for good behaviour?” \n\nWhen one knows how to get properly dressed for work, do the job the way your boss wants you to, come home, eat, and prepare to do it all over again-some say ten you are an adult. \n\nI am 40 I can hold a job, I can pay bills, I can save money, I treat people decently with expecting nothing in return-not even a smile, I feed myself, I bathe myself, I clothe myself but I hope to never be called ‘an adult’. That is in the way most define that word. \n\nI know you’ll find in here the real answer to your question because I know it all too well. \n\nSociety (Western-American) Society expects that when you are 18-kaboom-the ball drops on your life. You leave high school. You go to college. You get married. You have kids. You buy a house. You buy a car. You raise a family and save for your kids to go to college and keep on-keeping’ on. There is a great song here-I can never remember if it is Cat Stevens or Harry Chapin. It talks of how the kid only wants the time of his father. He never gets it then when his father retires he longs for his son and grandkids to visit and pay attention to him but the kids sick and the son can’t get away from work. Society dictates that adults should keep this huge cycle of it all going into infinity. \n\nIn my humble opinion, if you are over 18 and you are not harming anyone, you help as many as you can, you spit on no one (figuratively or literally as they do in some cities)\n(for we are all equal no one of us higher or lower than another of us), you are contributing in whatever way you are able to Society in general…well I happen to believe you can be of adult age and not be stuffy, not be curt, not be so into yourself-only out for what you can get-in other words-you can be outwardly an adult and still sleep with stuffed animals and go on Merry-go-rounds.  \n\nActually, I have a perfect example. My father and I are staying with some friends. There is a mom a dad a 13 year old and an 8 year old. The father in the house is not the biological father of the older young lady and he makes her pay for that every day. \nWhether she should or not she has a ‘bo
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There are a few factors involved with that, such as the state you live in, the way the laws are written, the environment the child wants to live in or is currently living in, and also the maturity level of the child and the ability to make the best and most appropriate decision.
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Patience\nLove\nKnowledge of a child psychological and physical development \nCreativity\nDesire of always keep learning and improving\nInterest care of your students\nand  a thick skin to deal with some of the parents :)
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The single greatest responsibility of being a parent is loving your children unconditionally.  This will make it a lot easier to take care of all your other parental responsibilities.  It will also make it much more likely that you'll still have a great relationship with them when they are grown.