There is a huge divide between what is considered to be the adult world and the child world. Within the two worlds there are very different things.
The adult world:
Sex.
Violence.
Drugs.
Danger.
War.
The Child world:
Carefreeness.
Lack of heavy responsibility.
Easy 'Carefree' Fun.
Learning new things.
Why is that when someone grows to a certain age they are expected to relinquish the things of youth as if they are something that has grown to small or undesirable. Then after having freely given it up they bemoan their existence, "why is life so hard?" for example.
Things like fairy tales for example with happy endings are considered children’s stuff and 'not fit' for the adult world. Yet buried deep within these stories is a wisdom for ages past, and yet the adult world ignores this because it comes in a package that is for children.
Why does the adult world turn it's back on these things from youth? Why does it treat them as if they are something to be discarded with the of the rubbish?
Please explain why you think this is.
(P.S. Please focus on the intent of the question and not the question itself.)
Thanks in advance.
2007-03-19
18:20:44
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Arthur N
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