Everyone has a secret, but when one becomes a parent, hiding something turns out to be a round-the-clock gig. Whether it is the difficult stuff, such as when dad got pissed off at mom or terrible happenings on television that the children are too young to deal with yet, parents hide things. They hide things for one main reason: to protect the children.
Parents typically hide so many things from their children. Arguments, violence, drugs and family issues, all these as much as possible they stow away from their kids. And there's a reason why parents hide those things from their children.
They chose to keep it themselves in order to protect their children from something that might cause harm or enforce them to be matured before it is their time. A parent is somebody who places the needs of their children above their needs and selfish wants.
One black author wrote in The Sports Daily, telling parents to try to shield their kids away from things such as relationships and bills because they are not ready for those responsibilities. He added that it is the job of parents to make sure that the kids are comfortable, making sure they get up in the morning and focus on having fun.
Children, on the other side, have no hint what their parents were battling inside and the reality is they might never know. Being kids, they just want to have fun all the time.
However, not all things can be hidden from children. Experts suggest parents to help make children understand and explain things in an age-appropriate manner. They also noted some things that must never be hidden from children. And these are:
Unconditional love. Many parents don't show their emotions and unconditional love to their children. Kid's mind is not prepared to process things naturally, and so parents are always advised to show their unconditional love either through kissing or hugging or saying it.
Care and support. Some parents don't show their care and support for their children. Today children become rude and very impatient for not getting time and attention from their moms or dads as they need. Thus they might feel their mother and father are not taking good care of them.
Family secret. According to PsychCentral, keeping traumatic, life-changing, or painful secrets can potentially damage an entire family's well-being and mental health for some time. The report also noted that very young toddlers must not necessarily know the details of long-held secrets that do not directly involve them till they're capable of understanding and knowing exactly the things they're being told.
Most parents have a secret that they hide away from their children. And probably there's a good reason behind that hiding thing. Only one thing is for sure, though: they hide stuff to protect their kids.
