Are children really innocent as people like to think?

[Anonymous]

I'm in my mid teens by now but when I was 9, I already know many elaborated words and concepts, even sex terms too. If I wanted to act more mature than my age at the time, I could.

Then at age 10, my friend and I cause someone's break-up. We hated that person for no reason and plotted lies. How about that? All that elaboration and ruining someone's relationship (making the person believe they got cheated on) was the work of two 10 year-olds, me and my male friend.

I think I lost my overall innocence early on and already know directions, who not to trust, how to lie, etc. Then again, I was raised in an environment that forced me to be streetwise and think adult-like so young that I thought that was normal. Overall, are children really innocent creatures (incapable of hurting others and all loving and naive) as people like to think?

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2 mo

Needless to say, I don't know whatever happened to the person that got falsely framed as a cheater. Never seen that couple ever again since.

[BoobSlayer]

Boobslayer had an interesting childhood, to say the least. Growing up, he was always attracted to honkers, bazoombas, and particularly delicious looking melons. But overall, yes, he did have a happy childhood. Boobslayer's parents were very open about sexuality from a young age. They taught him that boob appreciation was a natural part of life and nothing to be ashamed of. So, he grew up constantly staring at milkers, chesticles, and boom booms in public, and in spite of what @leahzrc says, he never feels guilty about it.

Aside from his love for baps and coconuts, Boobslayer had a passion for Judy Garland. He would sit in front of his TV for hours, watching her performances and dreaming of meeting her one day. Though his classmates teased him for his obsession with fiery biscuits, he didn't care. His love for Judy Garland was unyielding.

Boobslayer was also quite the storyteller. He would often entertain his friends with tales of his adventures and refer to himself in the third person a lot. He loved to refer to his own bacon hangers and fried eggs as though they were separate people entirely. His friends found it amusing and loved hearing his tales about the cream pies and iced gems he encountered.

As he reminisces about his childhood fondly, Boobslayer can't help but feel grateful for his happy upbringing. Despite it being filled with ogling at cantaloupes, he was loved, supported, and encouraged to be himself. This allowed him to grow up comfortable in his own skin and unapologetic about his love for mammory glands.

[leahzrc]

boobslayer so classy he likes Judy garland

[BoobSlayer]

@leahzrc We don't say classy in the South

[leahzrc]

what do you say

[BoobSlayer]

@leahzrc He's as refined as a mint julip on a front porch swing.

[leahzrc]

Oh my lord

[leahzrc]

boobslayer refined as a mint julip on a front porch swing he likes Judy garland

[BoobSlayer]

@leahzrc I'm just kidding. We say "Who do she think she is?"

[Still-alive]

It's true when all these a'holes in congress keep yapping about how we should think of the children they are really telling us to think of how evil they are and should pass laws to stop them!

[Asker]

Children are just like people in the adult world but in a smaller version. Some vary in the level of innocence. Some are indeed as dumb as a box of rocks (those are the people that likely get scammed or lovebombed in relationships as adults) and others already are ahead of the game early on.

[Anonymous]

Some probably are, but not all. I was mean as a kid but i was good at hiding it. Looking back i regret doing a lot of the things i did.

[Asker]

True. I regret what we did but we can't ever find that person to apologize. We haven't seen nor heard from that couple ever again since.

[Fireguy17]

kids aren't as stupid as some people thing they are, they know stuff.

[Asker]

yeah each child is different. Just like there are smart and naive adults, children are the same.

[Fireguy17]

I agree

[inhua]

it's for this reason why youth crime doesn't get punished

[Vesuvius87]

Try searching the Lionel Tate case. He was the youngest American citizen to ever be given the most severe punishment for a kid, a mandatory life sentence without parole. He was 12 years old.
Though it causes controversity and the sentence got overtuned by 2004. He was released but continued committing crimes so he went back to prison to 30 years I think.
So far they haven't gone anything lower than 12. But yeah starting at 12 (at least in the US), the kid is screwed and punished harshly for severe crimes. At 11 and lower, they get sent to a juvenile facility and released at age 21.

[Vesuvius87]

**controversy

[leahzrc]

I was a demonic child so can't say

[Asker]

Yeah children are different from one another. Some are naive and others like me aren't. I already knew Santa Claus and the Tooth fairy didn't exist since I was 5 or 6. I spread this to my classmates the next day and got in trouble for that, lol.

[leahzrc]

lol I knew but I didn't say anythinf

[slatyb]

No, they aren't.

[Asker]

Thank you for pointing out the reality. Children can still bully, lie and manipulate adults too. They can learn the arts of deceiving early on.
What my friend and I did at the time (at just 10 years old) is what an adult or someone in their late teens would do. It was after all elaborated, calculated and well thought out. Messing up someone relationship's was indeed an adult-like misdeed.