Comments on: When they were boys http://kelleyeskridge.com/when-they-were-boys/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kelley http://kelleyeskridge.com/when-they-were-boys/comment-page-1/#comment-5703 Kelley Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:18:03 +0000 http://kelleyeskridge.com/?p=600#comment-5703 I have empathy too, particularly for people in their teens and twenties, which are in my perception a particularly hard time of life. Society expects responsible adult behavior from people whose brains are not finished hard-wiring, and at the same time constrains those people from getting the experiences they need to help them grow up... I wish sometimes I could, I don't know, take my experience and perspective and plug it into the brain of younger people I know, just as a way of saying <em>Look, it really does get better, and oh by the way, here are a couple of ways not to be stupid right now</em>. But that's a fool's game, and mostly I try to resist it. We all have to find our own way. I have empathy too, particularly for people in their teens and twenties, which are in my perception a particularly hard time of life. Society expects responsible adult behavior from people whose brains are not finished hard-wiring, and at the same time constrains those people from getting the experiences they need to help them grow up…

I wish sometimes I could, I don’t know, take my experience and perspective and plug it into the brain of younger people I know, just as a way of saying Look, it really does get better, and oh by the way, here are a couple of ways not to be stupid right now. But that’s a fool’s game, and mostly I try to resist it. We all have to find our own way.

]]> By: Barbara Sanchez http://kelleyeskridge.com/when-they-were-boys/comment-page-1/#comment-5665 Barbara Sanchez Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:33:31 +0000 http://kelleyeskridge.com/?p=600#comment-5665 I'm not a stone fan of U2, but I am a fan. What your post made me think of was my view of my youth from a certain distance. I saw things in black and white then, and had lots of energy but no caution. I don't have much caution even now, but I have learned to listen and pay attention. I have a good deal of affection for my younger self, but I think she was sometimes impulsive and dim, just from a lack of experience. I feel empathy and sympathy for kids because I haven't forgotten what it was like to be young. I’m not a stone fan of U2, but I am a fan. What your post made me think of was my view of my youth from a certain distance. I saw things in black and white then, and had lots of energy but no caution. I don’t have much caution even now, but I have learned to listen and pay attention. I have a good deal of affection for my younger self, but I think she was sometimes impulsive and dim, just from a lack of experience. I feel empathy and sympathy for kids because I haven’t forgotten what it was like to be young.

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