If a child’s caretaker or environment are hostile, a reduction in the normal childhood activity that is likely to attract subsequent negative attention can be b

If a child’s caretaker or environment are hostile, a reduction in the normal childhood activity that is likely to attract subsequent negative attention can be beneficial for survival to the extent it allows for possible reproduction. “The nail that sticks up gets hammered”. To be clear, this is typical evolutionary speculation. Sounds reasonable, but I’ve not seen anything that would be able to prove this and there are likely many other considerations that complicate such a nice and easy conclusion.