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I don't know, my experience of toddlers is that while they are good judges of character (as the article says), they are often hypocrites themselves! Lying seems
by stephen_g 5y ago
I don't know, my experience of toddlers is that while they are good judges of character (as the article says), they are often hypocrites themselves! Lying seems to come pretty naturally, as well as selfishness.
Of course, their judgement of moral character is often distorted if it affects themselves. Deny them anything they want to do (like, no, we can't eat candy for dinner, or no, you can't touch the hot stove), and it can be basically as bad as the end of the world!
- bryanrasmussen 5y ago>Lying seems to come pretty naturally, they tend not to be very good at it though (they may lie effortlessly but not believably), so not sure how natural something is if you suck at it.
- moonchrome 5y agoThey also suck at walking and talking so by that logic that's not natural as well ?
- bryanrasmussen 5y agoI've never heard the phrase a natural walker or natural talker, but I have heard the phrase natural athlete, and for someone to be a natural athlete they have to be sort of good at athletic type things.
- AussieWog93 5y ago>I've never heard the phrase a natural walker or natural talker You should spend more time around parents with young kids, then!
- bryanrasmussen 5y agohaving spent time around my own, and having had a mormon step-family I would think I had spent a reasonable amount and should not be required to sacrifice any more of my life in that regard.
- AussieWog93 5y agoHahaha, I don't blame you mate.
- stephen_g 5y agoI'm not using the word in quite that sense, just that young kids will start to lie pretty quickly after they learn to talk without being taught to. It's true that they're not very good at it (like, "no, the dog didn't draw on the wall"). Don't get me wrong, I love kids, I'm just pushing back on the idea that they're perfect little angels until we corrupt them by teaching them to lie or anything like that.