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		Loughla on Dec 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Infants understand language via rhythm and tone ra... Real talk though. Kids and babies aren't stupid. So if you take the time to explain things, they pick up on more than you would believe. Where many people go wrong is that they assume little kids are stupid instead of understanding that they lack context.

shadowfoxx on Dec 3, 2023 [–]

Yeah it seems to me like a human bias against ignorance. We have this notion that if people that don't know the knowledge that we know they must be dumb because, "everybody knows ____".

Kids are literally just the definition of inexperienced.

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