What adults can learn from kids

**felixblue** · 9th-May-2012

unfortunately most of the best things about being a child can't be utilised by adults.. evading responsibility, getting a place on the lifeboats and generally being regarded as precious and worthy of everyone's support and energies.. mind you, adult females do have some success in those areas..

**Popadibs** · 9th-May-2012

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unfortunately most of the best things about being a child can't be utilised by adults.. evading responsibility, getting a place on the lifeboats and generally being regarded as precious and worthy of everyone's support and energies.. mind you, adult females do have some success in those areas..

True but the video, while a bit idealistic, does touch on some possible good points. Is there anything we can learn from kids that can help us to obliterate the stronghold that misandry has on society, though?

**FloatyBoaty** · 9th-May-2012

Quote from Popadibs

True but the video, while a bit idealistic, does touch on some possible good points. Is there anything we can learn from kids that can help us to obliterate the stronghold that misandry has on society, though?

We can show, and teach them a better way. They are the future. To change the future we must begin now.

**Percy** · 9th-May-2012

The child-like qualities of trust and curiosity can be quite appealing into adulthood, but this young women starts her talk by showing a distinct lack of discernment between those and Childish, which is usually typified by tantrums and stupidity.

Some young people ought to be seen but not heard.

**Marx** · 9th-May-2012

Clearly a very intelligent child, but I think she's confused the term 'childish' as simply referring to an age barrier & a form of discrimination regardless of how intelligent any points may be when in fact, as Percy pointed out, it's usually used to refer to certain bad behaviours that most children grow out of as they mature into adults, such as tempers and egotistic mindsets.

It's almost as if she's mixing child-state with disability.

**felixblue** · 9th-May-2012

I only watched about 30 seconds of it before I realised the relevance of it... None..

**Marx** · 9th-May-2012

Indeed, I can't say I picked up any relevance having watched it in full.

While the kid is undoubtedly intelligent, she is a minority of children her age, male or female.

**Aristotle** · 9th-May-2012

I thing I've learned from working with children is that they don't respect adults who talk about their feelings all the time, in fact they see such adults as weak.

Interesting, eh?

That's something we could all learn from kids.

**felixblue** · 9th-May-2012

If kids think its gay.. they think its gay!! telling them "being gay is quite ok.." is.. just gay!

Kids have a 6th sense about folk, some would call it a "gaydar"..

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**FloatyBoaty** · 9th-May-2012

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I only watched about 30 seconds of it before I realised the relevance of it... None..

It is a funny piece, though.

**Celtic Druid** · 10th-May-2012

Watching a pudgy-faced child lecturing an attentive audience of adults was just a bit surreal. I know it's terrible, but I kept lapsing into fleeting images of Homer Simpson whilst listening to her smarmily disgorge her readings.

Why you little!

**Aristotle** · 10th-May-2012

One precocious freak and now we need to change everything to make way for one person?

I've long thought that children grow up in a totalitarian regime until they're responsibly enough to live in a democracy. As GWW said last week on AVfM radio, empathy isn't learned from people being considerate towards you (as it is for girls) but from being denied getting your own way (as it is for boys), because through that pain and frustration we have to learn to understand and deal with our emotions. Learning to deal with our own emotions allows us to learn to understand and deal with other people's emotions.

Sadly Adora here doesn't seem to realise that she's just an interesting amusement for these adults. Being intelligent and confident from a well supported family is a lot easier than the same as an adult. I forecast that like many child prodigies before her (John Stuart Mill, Schopenhauer, Mozart and Nietzche) she faces a long battle with depression and anxiety in her early adulthood.

I was also picturing this in my head: Marjoe part 1/10 - YouTube

**FloatyBoaty** · 10th-May-2012

Generally parents are the ones who do the teaching; but there are certain parts of life that can be only taught by having a child.

**Popadibs** · 10th-May-2012

I think a kid can teach me to shoot milk out of my nose. Well, the bible does say something about having child-like faith, if you're a believer. (general you)