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Why do modern humans treat “kids” as idiots?

My grandpa was born in 1936. He told me that he had a job at 12. He was working on a farm and done school. When I was 12, I was treated like an idiot and people tried to prevent me from exploring who I was.

I used to be active on a site called Sodahead around that age, and I was just getting into Satanism. I had all the old folk on my post saying my parents shouldn’t let me read the Satanic Bible and that I’m too young to make these choices.

I was born in 1996.

So in a span of 60 years, children went from being trusted to have careers to being treated like imbeciles. Why?

I have younger cousins and a sibling under 10.

I speak to them like adults. I don’t change my language or refuse to talk about certain things.

If I use a word they don’t understand, I explain what that word means. If I talk about a concept they don’t understand, I tell them about it.

I truly don’t believe children are as stupid as we like to think they are. I know at 12 I wasn’t as dumb as the adults wanted me to believe I was.
ArtieKat · M
Very well said. I'm not a parent but it seems that the vast majority forget what it was like when they were young.
badminton · 61-69, MVIP
Children are not at all stupid. What they are is inexperienced and immature. They don't understand the dangers of things like cars, drugs, booze and guns. That's why there are regulations to keep those things away from children until they grow-up.
@badminton I’m more so speaking intellectually. When it comes to understanding philosophical concepts. My experiences at the time were mostly religious and to this day I consider myself a theistic Satanist. At the time everyone discounted me and spoke down to me, as if I was too stupid to have a connection spiritually.

At that age, is when you start developing morals and your sense of self. I don’t think the best approach is to discount the minds of the youth. We should be encouraging them to explore further. Being told to shut up and not think isn’t healthy.

 
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