OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world to Mental Health@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoChildren who grew up teaching themselves because nobody had time to teach them often become adults who are extraordinarily competent and quietly resentfulgeediting.comexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1518arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1496arrow-down1external-linkChildren who grew up teaching themselves because nobody had time to teach them often become adults who are extraordinarily competent and quietly resentfulgeediting.comOldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world to Mental Health@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square105fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareminorkeys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·1 month agoThe ones who succeed maybe, plenty of people are broken or malformed by the experience. A child raising itself, especially in poverty or resource scarce environments, will make many harmful mistakes that hinder them their entire life.
minus-squareVitoRobles@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoI was going to point out the survivor’s bias.
The ones who succeed maybe, plenty of people are broken or malformed by the experience. A child raising itself, especially in poverty or resource scarce environments, will make many harmful mistakes that hinder them their entire life.
I was going to point out the survivor’s bias.