- Children believe what they are told because they don’t know anything else.
- Children think that almost everything is fun.
- Children usually don’t refuse an invitation to do something they think might be fun.
- Children are easily frightened.
- Children can go with someone they don’t know if they think that he or she is removing them from possible danger.
- When children are kept sheltered, this might make them more vulnerable.
- Ignorance is not always bliss.
- When an adult tells children something that they don’t know they usually believe the adult.
- Children, when faced with a new request, might not know it is wrong
- Children are naive and are easily shamed if they do something that was wrong but didn’t know it.
- Children learn early that if they do something they later found out was wrong, they don’t tell to avoid punishment.
- Children can be forced to repeat something they feel is wrong because they think they might be physically punished, their parents might get hurt, or no one would believe them.
- Children can also block memories from their minds because they are too painful.
- Often children often don’t know any better.
- Children are gullible.

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