How many times have your kids done something stupidly inexplicable, like shoving a rock up a nostril or peeing on the carpet on purpose, and you ask them why the hell they did that and they give you not the answer that could unlock the mystery of their misbehavior but this wonderful gem:"I don't know."
You stew in your own juices of confusion and anger, and you ask yourself as you self-marinate, What the hell were they thinking?
Turns out, they weren't. Weren't thinking, that is.
According to some guy quoted in the Washington Times, "Our brains are designed for the avoidance of thought — because thinking is effortful and unreliable."
You can say that again. After all, we somehow chose to have that second kid.
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Well, dear parent, kids from birth through about the age of 7 (assumed age of reason) exist in states of altered consciousness. They basically have no linear thinking capability to filter what goes into their minds. They act "illogically", unreasonably, if you will. THAT'S WHY THEY NEED PARENTS! You are responsible for exercising judgment on their behalf, because they are incapable of "thinking for themselves". Duh! I know it can be a strain on some people to have to assume that kind of responsibility for "others", like their own children, when they may behave so "mindlessly" themselves when living their own personal lives. But, like they say, live and learn.
ReplyDeleteMy kids have put ME into several states of altered consciousness!
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