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Fred Rogers really appreciated the world from a child's perspective. The idea that when you're doing everything for the first time it can be very exciting and

Fred Rogers really appreciated the world from a child's perspective. The idea that when you're doing everything for the first time it can be very exciting and also scary. He often talks about the "drama" of everyday life. Imagine going to get a haircut for the first time, sitting in a chair that moves up and down and tilts in a way that no other chair you know does, experiencing all the sounds and sensations of scissors and clippers around your head. I hope that we all can see the world from a young person's perspective sometimes and realise that we don't need to inject any additional "drama".

steve_adams_86 5y ago
I often think about how nice it is to be an adult in that I can assess, address, and manage that drama. As a kid, my god, it was overwhelming. I came out of it with a distinct sense that the world is unsafe, unstable, and unpredictable. I have a hard time shaking those tendencies. Another great thing about being an adult is that you can provide kids with comfort and strategies to overcome that. It’s sometimes overlooked but such an easy way to enrich life for kids. Also I find your haircut example funny - I recall my first haircut in a public place being incredibly intimidating and uncomfortable. It’s probably why I went bald before my 20s; my body decided by age 6 or so that it didn’t want hair anymore.
- ohazi 5y ago
  > As a kid, my god, it was overwhelming. As an adult... Still pretty overwhelming sometimes!
- goldenkey 5y ago
  You may feel secure but it's only because you don't know what is really happening on a daily basis. Snowden and Assange tried their best to show some of that. I myself was almost killed by the LAPD in 2011. The FBI didn't give a fuck. VICE news didn't give a fuck. And many of the other information packets I sent around the country were ignored. Contrary to what you may think, you can be tortured in America and there will be no recourse. Adult or kid, this country isn't some safe haven. These are the kind of burns I incurred after being hit by a militarized microwave beam [1] [2] for three days in a row, unrelentingly nearly every second of those three days. This device was gifted to Los Angeles by Raytheon and was only intended for 3 seconds of pulsed use in dispersing prison riots. But of course, the device had no misuse prevention mechanisms. I still have scars to prove it. [1] https://youtu.be/CwYvhY-g10A https://youtu.be/CwYvhY-g10A [2] https://www.wired.com/2010/08/pain-ray-rejected-by-the-military-ready-to-blast-l-a-prisoners/ https://www.wired.com/2010/08/pain-ray-rejected-by-the-milit... Below are images of the burns which caused sepsis (blood infection) and nearly killed me: https://i.imgur.com/lBt6kK6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/lBt6kK6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/nyymDmu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/nyymDmu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/LTWYysB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/LTWYysB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/DrMyaS5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/DrMyaS5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Dwvwrh9.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Dwvwrh9.jpg https://i.imgur.com/OXos1Ji.jpg https://i.imgur.com/OXos1Ji.jpg https://i.imgur.com/duILx9R.jpg https://i.imgur.com/duILx9R.jpg https://i.imgur.com/UkFyQIR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/UkFyQIR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/PDsGaB8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/PDsGaB8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HcQfgqu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HcQfgqu.jpg The LAPD is so corrupt their members and even the sheriff have been known to be a part of a Neo-Nazi gang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynwood_Vikings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynwood_Vikings Lee Baca, the sheriff, was recently convicted for having his men strongarm an FBI agent but his sentence is only a few years. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-05/former-los-angeles-county-sheriff-lee-baca-is-now-a-prison-inmate-in-texas https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-05/former-l... Who knows, maybe they did get my memo and never responded personally. I'll probably never know. I'm glad something happened though.
  - joeberon 5y ago
    This is highly irrelevant to the post you replied to.
    - goldenkey 5y ago
      "unsafe, unstable, and unpredictable. I have a hard time shaking those tendencies." The world isn't safe, stable, or predictable. I think you think my post is an overreaction rather than irrelevant. Fair. ------- goldenkey commented ------- You may feel secure but it's only because you don't know what is really happening on a daily basis. Snowden and Assange tried their best to show some of that. I myself was almost killed by the LAPD in 2011. The FBI didn't give a fuck. VICE news didn't give a fuck. And many of the other information packets I sent around the country were ignored. Contrary to what you may think, you can be tortured in America and there will be no recourse. Adult or kid, this country isn't some safe haven. These are the kind of burns I incurred after being hit by a militarized microwave beam [1] [2] for three days in a row, unrelentingly nearly every second of those three days. This device was gifted to Los Angeles by Raytheon and was only intended for 3 seconds of pulsed use in dispersing prison riots. But of course, the device had no misuse prevention mechanisms. I still have scars to prove it. [1] https://youtu.be/CwYvhY-g10A https://youtu.be/CwYvhY-g10A [2] https://www.wired.com/2010/08/pain-ray-rejected-by-the-milit https://www.wired.com/2010/08/pain-ray-rejected-by-the-milit... Below are images of the burns which caused sepsis (blood infection) and nearly killed me: https://i.imgur.com/lBt6kK6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/lBt6kK6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/nyymDmu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/nyymDmu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/LTWYysB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/LTWYysB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/DrMyaS5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/DrMyaS5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Dwvwrh9.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Dwvwrh9.jpg https://i.imgur.com/OXos1Ji.jpg https://i.imgur.com/OXos1Ji.jpg https://i.imgur.com/duILx9R.jpg https://i.imgur.com/duILx9R.jpg https://i.imgur.com/UkFyQIR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/UkFyQIR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/PDsGaB8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/PDsGaB8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HcQfgqu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HcQfgqu.jpg The LAPD is so corrupt their members and even the sheriff have been known to be a part of a Neo-Nazi gang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynwood_Vikings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynwood_Vikings Lee Baca, the sheriff, was recently convicted for having his men strongarm an FBI agent but his sentence is only a few years. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-05/former-l https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-05/former-l... Who knows, maybe they did get my memo and never responded personally. I'll probably never know. I'm glad something happened though.
rivo 5y ago
I recently witnessed a boy's first time at the hairdresser while waiting for my turn. Both his parents came with him. Long before they were called to the chair, his parents already discussed how they were going to handle this situation. (The boy likely didn't understand the details but could feel that something was up.) When it was his turn, they immediately started telling him not to be afraid and that it wasn't going to hurt. He sat on his dad's lap, his dad holding him tight, while his mom desperately tried to deflect his attention by waving a teddy bear in front of him and non-stop talking to him. Predictably, the boy was completely terrified and cried the whole time. I'm sure it will be a long time before he can get a haircut without being scared. It was such a missed opportunity because there are indeed so many interesting things going on at the hairdresser. I've seen other children almost fall asleep on the chair because it was all so relaxing to them. It's too bad they chose to focus on all the scary parts of the experience.
- ido 5y ago
  children are really different from one another (sometimes even siblings, born to the same parents only a year or 2 apart). What works for one child may not for another, it may be that they didn't handle it best but could also be that it's just a nervous child who has a hard time with such things while the child you saw falling asleep is a calm one that handles these situations better.
  - tqkxzugoaupvwqr 5y ago
    If you repeatedly tell someone it will not hurt, they shouldn’t be scared, project your anxiety onto them, hold them tightly (restraining them), it will not relax the person. All that is sensed by the person is that something terrible, scary and painful is going to happen. Of course the child starts to cry. My girlfriend tells me similar stories of when small children are the first time at their dentist office and their parents behave the same as described in the parent comment. The parents are even informed on how to behave but some still can’t stop projecting their fear onto the children with their words and behavior.
    - 5y ago
agumonkey 5y ago
I never think about the anxiety of kids but I love to guide their steps by spreading a bit of funny information here and there and giving slight hints or challenges to make them try safely, while nurturing their own curiosity.
vinceguidry 5y ago
I want to push back on this idea that Rogers "saw the world from a child's perspective." The article made the point that it was a product of hard, hard work, and engagement with the best scientific minds of the generation. If he had just left it up to intuition, we wouldn't be celebrating his show as much as we do. We don't and can't "see the world from a child's perspective".

steve_adams_86 5y ago

I often think about how nice it is to be an adult in that I can assess, address, and manage that drama. As a kid, my god, it was overwhelming. I came out of it with a distinct sense that the world is unsafe, unstable, and unpredictable. I have a hard time shaking those tendencies. Another great thing about being an adult is that you can provide kids with comfort and strategies to overcome that. It’s sometimes overlooked but such an easy way to enrich life for kids. Also I find your haircut example funny - I recall my first haircut in a public place being incredibly intimidating and uncomfortable. It’s probably why I went bald before my 20s; my body decided by age 6 or so that it didn’t want hair anymore.

ohazi 5y ago
> As a kid, my god, it was overwhelming. As an adult... Still pretty overwhelming sometimes!
goldenkey 5y ago
You may feel secure but it's only because you don't know what is really happening on a daily basis. Snowden and Assange tried their best to show some of that. I myself was almost killed by the LAPD in 2011. The FBI didn't give a fuck. VICE news didn't give a fuck. And many of the other information packets I sent around the country were ignored. Contrary to what you may think, you can be tortured in America and there will be no recourse. Adult or kid, this country isn't some safe haven. These are the kind of burns I incurred after being hit by a militarized microwave beam [1] [2] for three days in a row, unrelentingly nearly every second of those three days. This device was gifted to Los Angeles by Raytheon and was only intended for 3 seconds of pulsed use in dispersing prison riots. But of course, the device had no misuse prevention mechanisms. I still have scars to prove it. [1] https://youtu.be/CwYvhY-g10A https://youtu.be/CwYvhY-g10A [2] https://www.wired.com/2010/08/pain-ray-rejected-by-the-military-ready-to-blast-l-a-prisoners/ https://www.wired.com/2010/08/pain-ray-rejected-by-the-milit... Below are images of the burns which caused sepsis (blood infection) and nearly killed me: https://i.imgur.com/lBt6kK6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/lBt6kK6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/nyymDmu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/nyymDmu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/LTWYysB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/LTWYysB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/DrMyaS5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/DrMyaS5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Dwvwrh9.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Dwvwrh9.jpg https://i.imgur.com/OXos1Ji.jpg https://i.imgur.com/OXos1Ji.jpg https://i.imgur.com/duILx9R.jpg https://i.imgur.com/duILx9R.jpg https://i.imgur.com/UkFyQIR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/UkFyQIR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/PDsGaB8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/PDsGaB8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HcQfgqu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HcQfgqu.jpg The LAPD is so corrupt their members and even the sheriff have been known to be a part of a Neo-Nazi gang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynwood_Vikings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynwood_Vikings Lee Baca, the sheriff, was recently convicted for having his men strongarm an FBI agent but his sentence is only a few years. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-05/former-los-angeles-county-sheriff-lee-baca-is-now-a-prison-inmate-in-texas https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-05/former-l... Who knows, maybe they did get my memo and never responded personally. I'll probably never know. I'm glad something happened though.
- joeberon 5y ago
  This is highly irrelevant to the post you replied to.
  - goldenkey 5y ago
    "unsafe, unstable, and unpredictable. I have a hard time shaking those tendencies." The world isn't safe, stable, or predictable. I think you think my post is an overreaction rather than irrelevant. Fair. ------- goldenkey commented ------- You may feel secure but it's only because you don't know what is really happening on a daily basis. Snowden and Assange tried their best to show some of that. I myself was almost killed by the LAPD in 2011. The FBI didn't give a fuck. VICE news didn't give a fuck. And many of the other information packets I sent around the country were ignored. Contrary to what you may think, you can be tortured in America and there will be no recourse. Adult or kid, this country isn't some safe haven. These are the kind of burns I incurred after being hit by a militarized microwave beam [1] [2] for three days in a row, unrelentingly nearly every second of those three days. This device was gifted to Los Angeles by Raytheon and was only intended for 3 seconds of pulsed use in dispersing prison riots. But of course, the device had no misuse prevention mechanisms. I still have scars to prove it. [1] https://youtu.be/CwYvhY-g10A https://youtu.be/CwYvhY-g10A [2] https://www.wired.com/2010/08/pain-ray-rejected-by-the-milit https://www.wired.com/2010/08/pain-ray-rejected-by-the-milit... Below are images of the burns which caused sepsis (blood infection) and nearly killed me: https://i.imgur.com/lBt6kK6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/lBt6kK6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/nyymDmu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/nyymDmu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/LTWYysB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/LTWYysB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/DrMyaS5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/DrMyaS5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Dwvwrh9.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Dwvwrh9.jpg https://i.imgur.com/OXos1Ji.jpg https://i.imgur.com/OXos1Ji.jpg https://i.imgur.com/duILx9R.jpg https://i.imgur.com/duILx9R.jpg https://i.imgur.com/UkFyQIR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/UkFyQIR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/PDsGaB8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/PDsGaB8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HcQfgqu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HcQfgqu.jpg The LAPD is so corrupt their members and even the sheriff have been known to be a part of a Neo-Nazi gang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynwood_Vikings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynwood_Vikings Lee Baca, the sheriff, was recently convicted for having his men strongarm an FBI agent but his sentence is only a few years. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-05/former-l https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-05/former-l... Who knows, maybe they did get my memo and never responded personally. I'll probably never know. I'm glad something happened though.

rivo 5y ago

I recently witnessed a boy's first time at the hairdresser while waiting for my turn. Both his parents came with him. Long before they were called to the chair, his parents already discussed how they were going to handle this situation. (The boy likely didn't understand the details but could feel that something was up.) When it was his turn, they immediately started telling him not to be afraid and that it wasn't going to hurt. He sat on his dad's lap, his dad holding him tight, while his mom desperately tried to deflect his attention by waving a teddy bear in front of him and non-stop talking to him. Predictably, the boy was completely terrified and cried the whole time. I'm sure it will be a long time before he can get a haircut without being scared. It was such a missed opportunity because there are indeed so many interesting things going on at the hairdresser. I've seen other children almost fall asleep on the chair because it was all so relaxing to them. It's too bad they chose to focus on all the scary parts of the experience.

ido 5y ago
children are really different from one another (sometimes even siblings, born to the same parents only a year or 2 apart). What works for one child may not for another, it may be that they didn't handle it best but could also be that it's just a nervous child who has a hard time with such things while the child you saw falling asleep is a calm one that handles these situations better.
- tqkxzugoaupvwqr 5y ago
  If you repeatedly tell someone it will not hurt, they shouldn’t be scared, project your anxiety onto them, hold them tightly (restraining them), it will not relax the person. All that is sensed by the person is that something terrible, scary and painful is going to happen. Of course the child starts to cry. My girlfriend tells me similar stories of when small children are the first time at their dentist office and their parents behave the same as described in the parent comment. The parents are even informed on how to behave but some still can’t stop projecting their fear onto the children with their words and behavior.
  - 5y ago

agumonkey 5y ago

I never think about the anxiety of kids but I love to guide their steps by spreading a bit of funny information here and there and giving slight hints or challenges to make them try safely, while nurturing their own curiosity.

vinceguidry 5y ago

I want to push back on this idea that Rogers "saw the world from a child's perspective." The article made the point that it was a product of hard, hard work, and engagement with the best scientific minds of the generation. If he had just left it up to intuition, we wouldn't be celebrating his show as much as we do. We don't and can't "see the world from a child's perspective".