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:) I enjoyed your anecdotes. I agree the face kids present about things is not how they actually feel. My point was just-- a lot of YA stuff is about teen and
by mlyle 6y ago
:) I enjoyed your anecdotes. I agree the face kids present about things is not how they actually feel. My point was just-- a lot of YA stuff is about teen and young adult stories, and doesn't entirely make sense to younger kids.
> I responded "Those are the rocket boosters. The rest of it is gone. It exploded."
Of course, the truth is far worse-- the rest of it was not gone.
I agree that we should try and tell kids the whole and honest story about as much as possible.
- KMag 6y agoI really focused in on the one line, because I'm really curious. I was a deeply odd child in many ways, and I'm curious if I was odd or typical in just pretending to be grossed out by kissing.
- mlyle 6y agoI think a whole lot of human behavior, from elementary school on, is doing what you think you're expected to do rather than acting based upon how you really feel. Social pressures are important. And kissing might not be "gross", per se, but it sure is weird, and not something that we really understood back then-- one of those adult things that was kind of out of our world. And did we have the tools to explain that nuance, when people are looking at us funny, when we're 6?