• thelittleblackbird@lemmy.world
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    30 days ago

    Well, I don’t know what to say, I am not an expert, but I have seen how boys and kids mature, leave simply reasoning behind, take more complex and multi edges approach to problems, and more important, they become more empathic and realized what they experimented and think is not universal.

    This is what I mean about growing, you could just name it as maturing.

    Sometimes I can see adults where the spark of joy is gone and only an animated shell is there, (right Mr Zuckerberg?) so your main point is defeated :)

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      30 days ago

      Except it’s not a subjective main point, it’s at the heart of many areas of psychology and our understanding of human development.

      What you’re saying is that the layers of complexity around an inner-child self can be positive as well as negative, that’s not defeating my point, that’s showing different angles of it.

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          29 days ago

          Sorry, it’s hard to tell on Lemmy, I am a bit antagonistic so I assume 90% of replies are people breathlessly trying to pick apart something I said, you’re good.