[Esp-Eng]Teach children to love life from childhood, say no to suicide/amar la vida desde la infancia no al suicidio

dolor

tristeza

alegria

inglish

Hello and greetings to everyone in this community, especially to our dear @parauri and my esteemed @osisimi for the invitation to talk about such a sensitive topic.

dolor

Suicide in children and adolescents is a subject that, by its very nature, most people avoid addressing. And even more so with children themselves.

Many of us think that the world of children is perfect, that at that age they only need to ask questions and not think, that we only demand that they study and behave well.

I had the misfortune of knowing a child who committed suicide. He was seven years old; his name was Cristóbal.

In all my posts, I mention that I live in a marginalized neighborhood, so to speak, and therefore, I always feel it's my responsibility to take good care of the children around me, even if they're neighbors.

tristeza

Cristobal was a happy child, like any other. When he turned seven, he lived alone with his mother next to a river in a neighborhood called Juanelo, but he was still happy. During a river flood, he lost everything in his home, but his neighbors and the government helped him recover some of his belongings.

Above all, he got a color television. His joy was overflowing, since his house had never had one.

But since they lived in that area, his mother, in order to go out and do some shopping, waited for Cristóbal to come home so he could watch over the television and make sure it didn't get stolen. Cristóbal started to stop playing; he couldn't. In many cases, he wouldn't go outside. In short, sometimes Cristóbal didn't even go to school.

His mother said they couldn't lose everything again. Then one day, when she went out and came back, she found Cristóbal asleep at the foot of the television, where the words "Goodbye, Mom" ​​were written on the screen.

We not only saw Cristóbal's loss coming, but we also failed to realize that the loss of everything material had left his mother with a profound psychological impact, which in turn affected Cristóbal.

But we are often unable to recognize that our behavior, in most cases, is perceived and felt by them when we rush through life because the economic situation is difficult, or simply because we don't have the time for them that they would like.

alegria

Sometimes we see them being led by the hand, walking down the street with tiny steps because it's getting late, and they practically have to run alongside us. They talk, and we can't hear them because we're busy, or we think they're talking nonsense.

Nobody says raising children is easy, but I'm one of those who always say that the world of children is more difficult than ours because they can't always understand what's happening around them. It's not about shielding them from problems and using the right language, because children don't get sick; we make them sick.

That's why talking to them and listening to them is never a waste of time. On the contrary, you'll be gaining more than just as a child; you'll be gaining emotionally balanced individuals.

Inviting @nony