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Does this natural tendency to “explore” explain why children will try doing again the thing you just asked them not to do? And then follow that up with differen
by divbzero 5y ago
Does this natural tendency to “explore” explain why children will try doing again the thing you just asked them not to do? And then follow that up with different variations of said thing to see how you react?
- giantrobot 5y agoSome kids are just assholes.
- tux3 5y agoIt's not medically impossible that some kids are just, in fact, hardwired to be assholes. But it's pretty unhelpful to the children if you give up on understanding their problems like that and just label them bad. What are they going to better after you call them an asshole.
- giantrobot 5y agoYou don't have to tell a kid to their face they're an asshole. Do you not have a filter at all? Kids in general can't be expected to act like adults because their brains are still developing. They also lack experience to inform their actions. Some seem like assholes because of these factors. It's just important however to realize that some kids are assholes. No matter how you humor them or mollify them, they'll still be assholes. After trying to humor them and understand them if they turn out to be assholes you can just deal with them (or don't) like you would any other adult asshole.
- presentation 5y agoI’m not a parent nor have I thought about this at all, but this comment in another thread on this post has an interesting take on it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29214843 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29214843