“We can surely no longer pretend that our children
are growing up into a peaceful, secure, and civilized world.
We've come to the point where it's irresponsible
to try to protect them from the irrational world
they will have to live in when they grow up.
The children themselves haven't yet isolated themselves
by selfishness and indifference; they do not fall easily
into the error of despair; they are considerably braver
than most grownups. Our responsibility to them
is not to pretend that if we don't look, evil will go away,
but to give them weapons against it.” ~ Madeleine L'Engle.