Some Childhood Phrases Hold to be True

I find the old childhood phrase, "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say it all" to be very true. Sometimes, you don't know what people are going through. They could be emotionally stressed, have a family issue, etc and the last thing a person needs is to be put down. In our time, children are constantly encouraged to be positive and that's a wonderful thing. But let's face it, no one is going to not say there negative comments like they've been taught to. Children don't know how to deal with drawbacks. The recent shooting in a school of where a boy was demoted from the debate team and he went to shoot his teacher is an extreme example but that's what will happen if we don't teach our children how to deal with drawbacks. Sometimes in life, something bad is going to happen to you but that doesn't mean you give up. That's the time where you have to be stronger than ever. Admitting to your failures doesn't make you a failure. It makes you stronger. It gives you the opportunity to succeed again.