Even with a good career and all the “adult milestones” I don’t feel like an actual adult. I feel like I’m pretending to know what I’m doing. Anyone else experience this?

  • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Still the proximity of youth is a valuable perspective. I treasure my younger friends for this

    “Out of the mouth of babes” is a phrase that is usually associated with very young children speaking to adults, but really it means a younger generation talking to an older generation, and makes a lot of sense to listen to.

    New perspectives and new ideas influence and help growth for all.

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      1 year ago

      I think it’s relative.

      But yes it’s valuable. Even at only 30 years old, I often learn from the 8th graders I teach.

      Adults overcomplicate things and rationalize bad decisions. All it takes sometimes is one kid with a “naive” outlook to ask, “Why would you be friends with someone you don’t like?”

      Then you think, yeah… Why would I?