https://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-ethical-significance-of-toddler.html … This has been bothering me since Merlin was born tbh
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Replying to @michaelblume
The last paragraph almost has it, Tantrums are rhetorical and preconsciously strategically calibrated, yet consciously authentic.
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If an agent feels pain more strongly when there's a more receptive audience, then our being less receptive can be the right response.
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Replying to @preinfarction @michaelblume
Here "receptive" is specifically about responding to the emotional display, and not responding to, say, an injury.
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Replying to @preinfarction @michaelblume
You can get your kid to the hospital without freaking out, and thereby convince them that they don't need to freak out.
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