Kids, as stated in the prompt, are an important part of the family; one of the rewards of marriage is to give birth to healthy and joyful kids to show for it. The absence of kids in a family makes it incomplete and this is why every married couple tends to have one or more children in the family. In a country where earning to make a living is so demanding, average people, who are struggling to make ends meet, grown-up kids can also act as forms of assistance in the home.
Children have a higher ability to assimilate things and happenings around them, even if they don't make comments about them. It sticks so well to their brain, and they have a strong sense of observation, especially when things are rosy for their parents and when it's not.
While I was growing up, there was a time when things were a bit tight for my parents. I can tell because of how things were in the family at that time. Regular feeding became an uneasy thing to do, but just because I was little, I couldn't help but look at my parents in pity. My parents never told me about their struggles and the difficulties they were going through at that time, but I saw everything going on, and I knew that things weren't going smoothly. Even though children have a higher brain capacity to assimilate things, there are also right ages when things should be explained to them to get them along with the issue in the family at that moment.
I was about ten years old when things went tough for my parents. They tried their best to hide things away from me so that I wouldn't feel bad. They made sure to provide for my needs despite the situation on the ground. Explaining the tough time or struggle of the family to a 5-year-old child seems unnecessary because he or she will surely find it so difficult to comprehend.
AT WHAT AGE SHOULD PARENT EXPOSE THEIR FAMILY STRUGGLE TO THEIR CHILDREN?
I believe there is time for everything hence, once they get to the level of teen, they're already familiar with things going on in their environment. By that time, they would have developed their minds and understood the reality of life to a little extent. Their level of understanding would have been a bit more mature to understand when the family was experiencing some challenges. However, they can't take responsibility at such a young age. Allowing the children to know about the family struggle is not a bad idea. It is not a secret that should be kept but the children should be allowed to grow to a certain age where their level of knowledge has become grown to understand the struggle of the family.
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