How often do you hear adults telling children this? To me it should be the opposite. Children should be left to be children for as long as possible because, let's face it, being an adult is hard.
There is nothing more joyful than listening to children play and laugh and have fun. It is wonderful to watch children draw, colour in, play Lego, cars, trucks, play dress-ups, paint, look for tadpoles, play with bugs, in the mud and water, climb trees, make a mess (so long as they clean it up afterwards).
All too often I hear adults saying things to children like "It's time to grow up" and I cringe. They are already growing up, essentially we all are every minute of every day, but that doesn't mean children have to give up their childhoods and their childish and playful ways.
Let children be children.
They have plenty of time for adult stuff; bills, work, house, car etc. When they're adults and all that stuff becomes inescapable.
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