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Not all parents realize this second thing unfortunately

• gcb0 8y ago
  and not all adults need to be hand held by a newborn to realize others have different perceptions
  • pbhjpbhj 8y ago
    Do you have kids? It's not the "others" bit, it's the "your own kids" bit that makes it surprising for me - it's kinda like one day you pick up a pen with your non-dominant hand and it writes some words in an alphabet you don't recognise: How did it do that? Where did it even come across Akkadian cuneiform? I still remember the confronting the realisation of this with my eldest when they said a word that I knew we, his parents, hadn't taught him. It's such a stark contrast when you're still having to manage a little person's toiletting that they nonetheless have an internal independency of thoughts and feelings.