Why are our children growing up so fast? Do they have to? Why? Is it because we have lost sight of what it is like to be a child? To run free, let their imaginations run wild and just play. Was a child’s innocence taken away w/911, predators on the loose, both parents working, the media, the clothes on the racks, playgrounds gone, pressure to succeed ( whatever that means to a child), adult fear?

So much lost…how can we secure childhood for our children? We need to help them for as long as we can.  How? Creating safe neighborhoods, share parenting responsibilities, stop buying the clothes on the racks and petition for more age appropriate clothing, become a resilient family/neighborhood.