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Definitely not a normal 13 year old. Taking care of a 1 year old in ideal conditions is already a challenge (even for an adult!), but doing so in the Amazon for
by Cyph0n 3y ago
Definitely not a normal 13 year old. Taking care of a 1 year old in ideal conditions is already a challenge (even for an adult!), but doing so in the Amazon for over a month is a different ballgame. Also, the older siblings’ mental state must have been all over the place.
- karaterobot 3y agoWhat do you mean by normal? Having an adolescence centered around indulgence and freedom from responsibility was not the norm anywhere, historically, and is not the norm in many places today. Waiting until adulthood to learn practical skills (whatever those might be) is a little weird, if you think about it.
- Cyph0n 3y ago“Normal” as in, if you take a random 13 year old off the street and throw them into the Amazon with their younger siblings, they wouldn’t be able to keep a 1 year old alive for a month. I’m not talking about history. I’m talking about the current state of the world.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoIts not likely a random 33 year old would fare better to be honest
- filleduchaos 3y agoCurrent state of whose world? At 13 many of us had been intimately involved in raising infants and toddlers for years. It's not surprising that the 13-year-old in question is a girl. She was able to do it in the Amazon because that's an environment she knows. Many, many others may not be able to do it in the Amazon specifically, but would be able to do so in a wilderness that they know.
- Cyph0n 3y agoNot your world - the world, i.e., reality. I’m not sure how I could have been any clearer about this.
- filleduchaos 3y agoI mean, right now what I'm reading from you is that all the teenagers today who could in fact keep an infant sibling alive in a wilderness environment they're familiar with are not part of reality, which is probably not your intention. So there's room enough for more clarity