So I’ve been thinking for a while about this subject, and I finally decided to make a post about this some time after I saw a YouTuber say what I put on the title of this post.

Thing is, I’ve noticed that very often young people and especially kids are treated as lesser beings, like if they were not humans beings with problems and lives of their own but just an annoyance that people have to keep up with.

I remember when I was a kid and I wanted to cross a zebra crossing cars would just pass by without stopping more often than not. Now that I’m an adult they stop pretty much every time. I suspect it was because they didn’t want to stop for someone they consider to be lesser than them.

Also, a lot of people seem to think that being a kid means that you just play videogames or whatever all day, but don’t these people remember when they were kids? I sure do. Going to school has been the worst thing I’ve ever had to endure. The only difference with having a job is that you don’t get paid.

  • commiespammer
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    2 years ago

    As someone who’s only grown a year and has already seen the copious amounts of cringe I’ve put out, I can confirm this is true. Children don’t really stop developing rationality until they’re 18 or so.

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        2 years ago

        Yes, but I’m talking about the specific part of the brain that handles rationality. It’s like a sort of xp cap-within the cap you can develop, but you can never pass it.

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          2 years ago

          That doesn’t mean development has to stop necessarily though

          Graph of arctangent function

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            2 years ago

            The difference is that adults are building upon their existing parts, while children are still developing what they need.