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Self-reliance of toddlers? I guess you mean that they learn self-reliance faster by being less obedient? Not sure I follow the reasoning.
by jeffdavis 12y ago
Self-reliance of toddlers? I guess you mean that they learn self-reliance faster by being less obedient? Not sure I follow the reasoning.
- yebyen 12y agoI think he's talking about the premise of the original post, that children must depend on adults to get angry at them (and ostensibly, parents that don't get angry enough will have obnoxious children who don't know right from wrong.) Self-reliance, they can judge whether their actions are good or not without trying every bad action once and needing some adult to get angry at them in order to know which ones are bad. (you know, like our government. rimshot)
- ZenoArrow 12y agoYes, you understood what I meant. It's also true that people can sometimes show anger for no good reason, so it's about recognising this as well. It's about developing a balance between "sometimes I'm right" and "sometimes they're right".