Isn't it just a sentimentalized version of ignorance?
Sure. But with awareness comes worry and anxiety, the realization that Mommy and Daddy aren't invincible - and neither are you. The real world is a very serious place, and being somehow immune from that is a wonderful thing. For a while, anyhow, until puberty hits and you start smelling funny and eventually need to get a job and pay taxes to allegedly try and keep people from blowing your country up. Or something.
Innocence is a wonderful thing, but it ends eventually. I don't think we need to rush it.
And, seriously... 14? Shoot. This kid's old enough to have babies. Kid needs to grow a spine.
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Sure. But with awareness comes worry and anxiety, the realization that Mommy and Daddy aren't invincible - and neither are you. The real world is a very serious place, and being somehow immune from that is a wonderful thing. For a while, anyhow, until puberty hits and you start smelling funny and eventually need to get a job and pay taxes to allegedly try and keep people from blowing your country up. Or something.
Innocence is a wonderful thing, but it ends eventually. I don't think we need to rush it.
And, seriously... 14? Shoot. This kid's old enough to have babies. Kid needs to grow a spine.