The time the year has come to announce the RADM Arnold Sobel Scholarship Endowment Fund. Applicants submit a letter to the President of the Coast Guard Foundation enumerating reasons for desiring to continue their education. Deadline is 1 April of each year. On the one hand, being protected from the truth can breed resentment and anger in children. On the other, knowing information that's inappropriate can be emotionally overwhelming for a child.
Secrets impose a burden.
It sets certain information apart and, in a child's eyes, gives greater importance and potential danger to the topic. More importantly, it divides the child's family into those who share the secret and those who do not, decreasing trust and blocking communication in areas unrelated to the secret. The secret itself can easily create a sense of shame by asking children to hide something. Children can easily feel confused about something out of their control and assume that it must be bad if it has to be kept secret. For your children the content of the secret may be beyond their ability to understand and put into perspective - a combination that often increases fears or guilt.