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once you accept that 1) humans are animals 2) before the age of 10 or so children are pre-rational parenting should make a whole lot more sense. children do
by nazgulnarsil 17y ago
once you accept that
1) humans are animals
2) before the age of 10 or so children are pre-rational
parenting should make a whole lot more sense. children do not come into this world ready to accept logical reasoning as justification for behavior modification. you have to train them that the alternative is unacceptable.
- ryanwaggoner 17y agoRe #1: meh. I guess you're right, though it's not a terribly useful point in this discussion. Re #2: Bullshit. You've clearly never spent any time around kids if you think that kids younger than ten are "pre-rational". Kids start to reason way before age 10.
- nazgulnarsil 17y agostart being the key word. look into brain development. the field of child development has known for years many things that parents refuse to apply. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_cognitive_development#Formal_operational_stage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_cognitive_development...
- swombat 17y agoI like the line: It takes 20 years to make a human being, but it only takes 9 months to make a savage.
- sethg 17y agoKids can certainly engage in rational thought at a young age, but when your three-year-old is screaming "WANT CANDY!", it's not a good time for a rational explanation for why the child is better off waiting for healthy food at dinner time. (Of course, generally speaking, when adults are screaming their heads off, it's not a good time to rationally engage with them, either....)
- wglb 17y ago1) Yes 2) I would guess that you have not spent much one-on-one time with young children. Kids are really much more people than most adults think.