Journal #5

I think that this is very true. As a child I understood a lot of things my mom would say that maybe in her generation at a young age they would have not understood. So yes I would say the same as Maurice Sendak. Yes in our generation a lot of us come to know terrible things at a very young age. I think that if adults under estimate us as children/teenagers and then they come to find that we are a lot smarter then they think and they become very much surprised. Sometimes it can be beneficial to learn things at a young age. But it also can be harmful. In certain situations such as arguing very intensely or unrefined can be horrible for children to see or hear. But also learning from your mistakes at a young age can make you become a better person.