if youth knew, if age could

As Tryon Edwards once said Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures the error of the past is the wisdom of the future. Throughout life and history, people have claimed that the older you are, the wiser you get or that wisdom comes with age. They have always referred in books, quotes and sayings to the elder but never to the young. Have they ever thought that someday, young children may prove to be wiser than adults First of all, we must be aware that a new kind of maturity seems to have taken over the youth of today. In fact, children too seem to be very mature and learn to fend for themselves in pressure driven times. They tend to be more capable of handling different situations, though being underestimated by their parents and teachers. To my way of thinking, wisdom does not necessarily point to a higher capacity to figure out something or judge acts with prudence it means caring about your life, learning from your mistakes without repeating them from vanity and being smart enough to put in balance all the consequences that a choice might have. Disobedient. Undisciplined. Rebellious. Negligent. Disrespectful. These are few of the words a teenager is called every day. Do they help him Do they try to make any good No, they do nothing but discourage, even weaken the youngster, making him not trust himself anymore. Think of a young little boy who has lived all his life on his own, he passed through complicated life roads alone, without any support, from anybody, facing many problems sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing, learning from every minute of his life, but still, he managed to overcome every hardship. He has learned how to shelter when it rains, how to warm up when its cold and what is more, how to take care of himself when his family should have. As far as I believe, every youth may hold all of the knowledge in the world, and may have the answers to all questions, without knowing this. Of