I'm not, but I'm not talking about parenting here, really. I am asking whether it is unusual for me to remember my youth. If it is, then my story is just an an

I'm not, but I'm not talking about parenting here, really. I am asking whether it is unusual for me to remember my youth. If it is, then my story is just an anecdote. If not, then I would be interested in knowing whether others had reasonable thought processes. The basic idea that a 10+ year old needs to be protected from themselves or they'll just develop neuroses/be abducted/whatever seems weird to me based on my own experience of being that age. I was just as rational as I am now - with different data points to draw from, but not self damaging. I guess I would compare it to funerals. They are not for the benefit of the deceased. Whether or not individuals continue to do these things is kind of a different debate.