"In other words, get a life THEN write about it."

Ah, Kendall, again I think you may be misunderstood here. No doubt you are aware that children are not kept in zip-locked bags to emerge in their twenties clean and innocent and devoid of feelings or the chance of childhood trauma.

Many of people's deepest experiences, the ones that mark them for life, happen in their early years. Of this I speak from my own history.

A life begins to be interesting as soon as we begin to ask the big questions, or have had them forced upon us. There is no age limit for this, and it can begin before inception, if you are one to believe in "before lives". But the point I'm trying to make, is...if someone feels compelled to express themselves, then so be it. Our choice is to listen or not to listen. More than that is taking on an aspect of judgement that unless asked for, is often better left to those who will impart their own expertise with compassion and tolerance...

Of course, this is all IMHO..xx..e