Poem
Children’s Childhood is a time of innocence while they play
and discover.
There are so many things that interfere with this wonderful
time of growth that hinder and destroy children’s fragile beings.
Stereotypes and biases are absorbed from adults that don’t
know any better that destroys the healthy development of our young citizens.
Children find themselves in circumstances that are
devastating to their very survival.
What can we do to make a change so that children grow to be
fair and just toward one another?
What can we do to change the traumatic situations that
children face in the world today?
What can we do to change the circumstances of learning for children?
We as adults can search inside and remember our childhoods
and find what injustices we experienced and witnessed and try and cleanse
ourselves free of them.
We as a society can make the change to remove the
difficulties that are faced by our children today.
Then we will be in a better place to interact and teach the
youth of today.
We can teach the
young to stand up against racism, sexism and all the” isms” that exist today
making our world a better place.
If everyone would take a stand for social justice today we can
restore to the children their innocence for tomorrow.
I will start with ME today.
Great poem! It really has a great message! If we all embraced diversity then children would have a brighter tomorrow with less difficulties. I like how you stated that you would start with you, today. I believe that is where it starts...it starts with us.
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely right, it all starts with us, the individual. I think that often times people think they are not signifiant and can not create or begin change, when the biggest step to creating change is taking the first step yourself! Great poem!
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