thewalkingdread
Life is a pointless, undeserved, unnecessary pain.
- Oct 30, 2023
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«Stop that; you're being childish»
This phrase represents a subtle yet damaging form of verbal and moral abuse that many parents resort to in their attempts to "educate" their children.
At the slightest instance of natural misbehavior, the supposed "adult in the room" wields their shaming tactics, accusing the child of being "childish" without recognizing the irony that children are precisely that — children.
These all-too-common scenarios highlight society's precarious view of children, portraying them as inherently negative and intolerable to the extent that the term "childish" is used pejoratively.
If children are truly valued and cherished, why then do adults disparage them with their own childlike behaviors?
This world is totally insane.
This phrase represents a subtle yet damaging form of verbal and moral abuse that many parents resort to in their attempts to "educate" their children.
At the slightest instance of natural misbehavior, the supposed "adult in the room" wields their shaming tactics, accusing the child of being "childish" without recognizing the irony that children are precisely that — children.
These all-too-common scenarios highlight society's precarious view of children, portraying them as inherently negative and intolerable to the extent that the term "childish" is used pejoratively.
If children are truly valued and cherished, why then do adults disparage them with their own childlike behaviors?
This world is totally insane.
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