Losing innocence...?

Question

What does it mean for a child to lose his/her innocence?

What IS innocence?

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Answer 1

for them to not belive in santa claus or to have s*x  

Answer 2

Lack of guilt.

Lack of wrongdoing.

Lack of personal experience.

Lack of knowing.

Answer 3

when your innocent you aren't accountable for things.

after that :

the age of accountability

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_a...

Answer 4

I personally feel it is the lack of cynicism about the world.

As an example: my first pregnancy was pure joy - when it ended at 10 weeks, that innocent joy was lost. The next time, I sat about for maybe 5 months waiting for something nasty to happen. It just wasn't the same.

Innocence is always expecting the best and never considering the worse. Believing that good things will happen because you haven't done anything wrong. Losing your innocence is finally realizing that bad things do indeed happen to good people.