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> As a publicly educated kid who started working when he was 15-1/2 (the legal minimum age in CA for a work permit at the time), I'd encourage you to rethink th
by eli_gottlieb 11y ago
> As a publicly educated kid who started working when he was 15-1/2 (the legal minimum age in CA for a work permit at the time), I'd encourage you to rethink the importance of child-like innocence.
Only adults think that any such thing as child-like innocence actually exists. Children see and hear everything.
- HemanHeartYou 11y agoThat's the point, their innocence is lost too early.
- oldmanjay 11y agoClearly we'd better raise them in child jail to preserve our illusions.
- donutz 11y agoAre you serious? Seeing and hearing everything doesn't mean understanding everything.