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"I'm sure when birds get together, they gossip abou how pathetic our lungs are" How is this a book for young children?
by sushshshsh 6y ago
"I'm sure when birds get together, they gossip abou how pathetic our lungs are"
How is this a book for young children?
- 082349872349872 6y agoYoung children like stories about elephants, which are larger than most mammals, and horses, which outsprint people. Why should they not appreciate that birds are better ventilated than mammals? (after all, it's clear to anyone that the birds of the air are less vertically challenged than the beasts of the earth)
- sushshshsh 6y agoI don't expect someone under the age of 9 to understand what the word pathetic means.
- mkl 6y agoWhy not? I'm pretty sure I and my friends used it at that age. Besides, even if they've never heard it before, the meaning is clear from the context, and that's often how kids learn words.
- czzr 6y agoSo I just asked an 8 year old as an experiment: “it’s... like if you have to do something and you just fail epically, that’s pathetic” Thought that was pretty good - so not too difficult.
- jyounker 6y agoYou don't have kids, do you?
- sushshshsh 6y agoThe question you are asking is not meaningful because it is possible for a childless person to know a lot about child behavior, and likewise a parent to know absolutely nothing about child behavior if they basically are letting someone else raise their kids while they go to work.
- mumbisChungo 6y agoI think my 3 year old niece is already using that word in context.
- pvaldes 6y agoMy bet would be the opposite. The term is heavily used in TV series and advertising for children