Childhood and
adolescence are periods of psychological development during which children and
adolescents are kept healthy and safe, and form psychological habits that
enable them to pursue self-actualization as adults. While adults have the right
to self-actualization and the pursuit of happiness, and must take
responsibility for their own self-actualization, children and adolescents have
only the right to be healthy, safe, and protected, and to form psychological
habits for self-actualization in their future. In this process, the
responsibility that comes with rights must be taken by parents, schools,
society, and the state, and responsibility should not be placed on children and
adolescents alone.
In particular, children and adolescents
go through a lot of trial and error in their psychological development and the
formation of psychological habits. Parents and caregivers are primarily
responsible for the problems that arise during this trial and error process.
Parents and caregivers need to know how to parent and how to solve problems so
that they can help their children and teens solve problems. If parents and
guardians don't take responsibility, then schools and teachers, or society and
the state, must take responsibility. Most importantly, parents and guardians,
schools and teachers, and society and the state must have accurate knowledge
about human bodies, minds, sexuality, relationships, and the pursuit of meaning
and value in life.
When parents and guardians, schools and
teachers, society and the state do not know this, they may take away children’s and teenagers’ rights for adults’ selfish purposes and make children and teenagers be responsible
for problems. Holding children and young people responsible for their mistakes,
they may tell children and teenagers that they should be able to do it
themselves because adults have already taught them, telling children they did
the best they could, or telling them that adults are not responsible. In the
end, children and teenagers are harmed, and they grow up feeling victimized,
competitive, resentful, and angry, and develop distorted psychological habits
in mimind about responsibilities and rights. When these children and teens grow
up and become adults, they carry these distorted psychological habits with them
for the rest of their lives.
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