I watched a video clip today- it was about a woman who had experienced much emotional pain throughout her life. It stemmed from when she was 5 years old and her alcoholic father told her that he wished she had never been born. Telling the audience about this event so many years later this woman looked like she had gone right back in time and was hearing those words all over again.
Hopefully not everyone has a memory like this but this does serve to remind us adults the power and affect our words can have on young people.
Something we could say in a moment of anger that we didn't really mean could have a life long impact on the person we direct our angry words to. It makes you think, doesn't it- words are so powerful and can be used to encourage or condemn. We need to use them wisely.
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