Venting "Stop that; you're being childish"

[thewalkingdread]

«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.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

I don't understand it either. Society is so hypocritical. I don't even think that they even acknowledge what they are saying. They're just too much into autopilot to even consider their hypocrisy

 

[thewalkingdread]

 

[thewalkingdread]

I don't understand it either. Society is so hypocritical. I don't even think that they even acknowledge what they are saying. They're just too much into autopilot to even consider their hypocrisy

Parents and parenting are arguably the most ancient institution in human history, dating back thousands of years. It predates the Greeks, philosophy, and democracy. It's no coincidence, therefore, that demagogues from the "right wing", who often self-proclaim themselves as political "conservatives", keep spouting bullshit about the supposed corruption of the "traditional" family. This tactic relies on both the ad populum fallacy (appealing to popular opinion) and the appeal to tradition fallacy (assuming something is good simply because it's old).

Socrates was practically murdered by the Athenian establishment for "corrupting the youth" — a false charge, a slander that masked his true actions, what he actually did.

He was only teaching young people how to think for themselves with critical thinking skills and how to question the prevailing beliefs and all the foolish notions they were taught by their traditional schools, families, and, first of all, parents.

That was society back then; and unfortunately, that is how society still is now.