That depends on what you consider boring. What I want to do with my time mostly involves low-pressure, escapist-themed, tactical and strategic thinking. I.e. board games and computer games. My two year old son is not capable of this. What he wants to do is explore the laws of physics and pretend to…
That depends on what you consider boring. What I want to do with my time mostly involves low-pressure, escapist-themed, tactical and strategic thinking. I.e. board games and computer games. My two year old son is not capable of this. What he wants to do is explore the laws of physics and pretend to engage in mundane activities like driving a car or washing dishes. Neither set of preferences is objectively "boring", but young children's preferred activites are likely to bore most adults.
> Kids are much more honest than adults.
Arrant nonsense. Kids lie routinely and constantly. They have no social censor, true. But they are definitely not honest.
> Kids are much less conformist than adults.
Again, this is nonsense. Kids are vastly more conformist by instinct than adults. Young children don't understand the rules they are expected to conform to. But that's not the same as being non-conformist.
> Kids have better imaginations than adults.
OK, this one is true.
> Kids have much better hobbies than adults. A large share of grown-up recreation revolves around alcohol consumption.
Plausibly true, but I suspect this is mostly because they have more free time.
> Kids hold far fewer grudges than adults.
I grant you this one as well.
> Kids express far more joy and love than adults.
I.e. they are more emotional. Definitely true, but I do not regard this as a virtue.
> Kids have more time for you than adults.
See more free time.
> Kids are more likely to teach you new things than adults.
Definitely not my experience, but my children are pretty young (under 5). Could see this being true of older kids.
> Kids are much less boring than adults.
That depends on what you consider boring. What I want to do with my time mostly involves low-pressure, escapist-themed, tactical and strategic thinking. I.e. board games and computer games. My two year old son is not capable of this. What he wants to do is explore the laws of physics and pretend to engage in mundane activities like driving a car or washing dishes. Neither set of preferences is objectively "boring", but young children's preferred activites are likely to bore most adults.
> Kids are much more honest than adults.
Arrant nonsense. Kids lie routinely and constantly. They have no social censor, true. But they are definitely not honest.
> Kids are much less conformist than adults.
Again, this is nonsense. Kids are vastly more conformist by instinct than adults. Young children don't understand the rules they are expected to conform to. But that's not the same as being non-conformist.
> Kids have better imaginations than adults.
OK, this one is true.
> Kids have much better hobbies than adults. A large share of grown-up recreation revolves around alcohol consumption.
Plausibly true, but I suspect this is mostly because they have more free time.
> Kids hold far fewer grudges than adults.
I grant you this one as well.
> Kids express far more joy and love than adults.
I.e. they are more emotional. Definitely true, but I do not regard this as a virtue.
> Kids have more time for you than adults.
See more free time.
> Kids are more likely to teach you new things than adults.
Definitely not my experience, but my children are pretty young (under 5). Could see this being true of older kids.
> Kids are much less jaded than adults.
Yes.