Kids and evolution
Was talking to a colleague today, who as a 14yo daughter. Apparently, teenagers can be... difficult.
My thought: maybe it's an evolutionary thing. Teenagers are a pain in the patootie, so that when it's time for them to leave home, you're more willing to let them go.
Could be. :)
(My children, of course, will be wonderful!) ;)
--GG
posted by Gye Greene @ 11:30 PM
5 Comments:
i like your evolutionary theory. i always feel the need to explain things using evolution. it was refreshing to read your little evolution bit, makes me feel less weird. lol
From what I understand, stages of maturation differ by culture. It's possible that it's evolutionary, but I think it may be more complicated.
timidvenus: Yep! :) As I recall, you have a kid. If she's a pain as a teen, I suppose you can take comfort...
Slag: Oh, you know it. As a card-carrying sociologist, I'm inherently biased towards "nurture" over "nature" explanations. Which leads to some juicy debates with Guitar Cousin, the Psych. major... :)
--GG
well, when she old enough to be a bratty teen i'll just send her to live with my parents. i mean, i turned out alright... i think.
Or perhaps they're not objectively any more of a pain than when they're 2 and filling your DVD player with oatmeal because it's "hungry". Perhaps it just our expectations that change. They lose some of their innate cuteness, and we feel that the closer someone is to adulthood the less of a problem they should be.
GG and Slag: Actually, it's clearly the way teenage hormones interact with the pre-frontal cortex that's responsible. :)
-GC
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