Children Don't Know The Value Of Things

Children are dumb. 

If you give them an expensive present they will unwrap it, ignore the brightly coloured toy inside, and play with the box for hours. 

We laugh at their silliness. Foolish children don't know the real value of things. That toy cost a lot of money. 

It is obvious to any normal person that a free cardboard box is valueless compared to an expensive toy. 

Therefore, one must grow up, learn to covet the toy, and throw the empty box of childish things aside.

Children are dumb.

If you take a kid to an elaborate park play structure, they are just as likely to play on it as to wander off, find a stick and some pebbles, and play contentedly with them for hours.


We laugh at their silliness. Foolish children don't know the real value of things. That play structure cost a ton of money.

It is obvious to any normal person that free sticks and pebbles have no value at all, whereas the expensive play structure took many bake sales for the community to be able to plan, design, and build.

It's not their fault that children are dumb. They don't know the real value of things. But they will most certainly learn, sooner rather than later. 

In the process, something wonderful will be lost.

Remember what it was like to be a child dumb enough to find joy in small, "valueless" things? 

That is simple living in a nutshell.