I treat my son like the man he will be someday. I make allowance for his brain development phases and I extend great patience as he learns, but I never treat him “like a kid.” Parents who coddle children until their teens and then say “Okay, time to learn how to live” are cruel.
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I’m of the opinion that kids should be kept innocent for as long as they can be, and then transitioned into adulthood as quickly as they can be - basically shorten adolescence on both sides. Treating my son too much like a man now seems like it would extend it instead.
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This sounds like the modern concept of childhood that got invented around John Locke’s time and quickly poisoned the maturation process. There’s an element of gentleness there to be sure, but this idea of emotionally separate stages and maintained innocence is new to our species.
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