Do not ask children to keep secrets
Deborah Dzifah Tamakloe-Choro
Championing Child Welfare| MSW (In-view)| Care Leader| Author| Award Winning Humanitarian
Asking a child to keep a secret and never tell anyone can potentially put them in harm's way.
Telling a child to keep a secret may prevent them from seeking help if they are in a difficult or unsafe situation.
Even harmless secrets like allowing a child to stay over to watch a movie should not be kept from the child's parents or guardians.
Sometimes, kids are asked to keep secrets, but those secrets can still be damaging. For example, Grandpa might say, "Don't tell your parents you stayed up way past your bedtime,"
These secrets convey that someone might get into trouble for telling the truth.
Child predators rely on children to keep their secrets. Perpetrators often say, “This is our secret, and you can’t tell anyone.” They may use threats to keep children silent.
Children who haven’t been educated about secrets often don’t dare tell anyone.
Educate a child about secrets today.
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5 个月I totally agree. Once you give them the incline that it's okay to keep secret, it begins to build up and from little secret it becomes big ones. I encourage my toodler to share every little detail about his day with me, hence encouraging that its perfectly fine ti tell mummy everything.
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5 个月Deborah Dzifah Tamakloe-Choro agreed. Even some parents, guardian and teachers mistakenly use the word innocently perhaps during a game or a class teamwork. It is a wrong choice of word.
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5 个月I agree, ?? It becomes disturbing when the wrong person asks them to keep a secret from their parents/guardians. Deborah Dzifah Tamakloe-Choro
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5 个月I completely agree with you ???????? Children should be free to share ANY experience. Even as a parent or guardian, your eyes will not always be on them. It's important Thanks for bringing this out here Deborah Dzifah Tamakloe-Choro
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5 个月I agree, it becomes a problem when they hoard information that is meant to be known by their parents or guardian