Originally Posted by Dude
Originally Posted by Val
That's a bit harsh, don't you think? Humans of any age (and most other animals) are notoriously self-centered. I don't like to dismiss someone's ideas simply because of age. Perhaps that's not what you meant, but it sounded that way.

Most of the kids we talk about on this board can make pretty convincing arguments. Sometimes they're even right and the adults are wrong. smile

I'm going to stand with the neuroscience on this one.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124119468

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This also may explain why teenagers often seem so maddeningly self-centered. "You think of them as these surly, rude, selfish people," Jensen says. "Well, actually, that's the developmental stage they're at. They aren't yet at that place where they're thinking about — or capable, necessarily, of thinking about the effects of their behavior on other people. That requires insight."

And insight requires — that's right — a fully connected frontal lobe.

I agree 100% with Dude here - all I see him suggesting is that the OP's child is encouraged to agree to disagree - an essential asset to building tolerance and acceptance of other peoples' differences.

For the record I don't 'believe' I do want to 'believe' but I just cannot because there IS no rational reason to support it. I do consider myself Roman Catholic and reason to myself that Faith is acceptance in the absence of intellectual proof. So far, my DD has gone along with the RC indoctrination but I fully expect her to question it and work things out for herself one day.

Last edited by madeinuk; 08/21/13 04:32 PM.
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