With #2, it's easier to see how a child of 12 is traumatized and in need of help rather than being a "bad kid," than to see how an adult (or even a 16 year old) is traumatized and in need of help rather than being a "bad person."
We certainly have more empathy for children than adults.
And certainly, by the time someone is an adult we expect them to have some control over their emotions, so that they aren't actively dangerous to others.
But I firmly believe that an awful lot of adults are suffering from both trauma, and a lack of a positive environment that would make it possible for them to flourish.
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andrewducker) wrote2023-11-06 12:00 pm
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And certainly, by the time someone is an adult we expect them to have some control over their emotions, so that they aren't actively dangerous to others.
But I firmly believe that an awful lot of adults are suffering from both trauma, and a lack of a positive environment that would make it possible for them to flourish.