Is it normal that i don't think kids are more important than adults?

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I think people of all ages are important. Actually, for some reason, I feel more sorry when something bad happens to an adult, whether they get injured or killed. I feel sorry for kids too, but they don't seem to pull at my heartstrings. Most people are like, "That poor child!" I'm like...ok?

How can we have "equality" when most people have this "will someone think of the children" mentality. Think about everyone, young, old, black, white, man, woman. That's how I feel.

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  • Short4Words
    8 years ago

    Same reason why we feel sorry for animals. They're innocent and powerless in most situations.

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    • sega31098
      8 years ago

      Animals are neither innocent nor guilty, they're amoral. They're not apart of human moral systems, hence cannot be judged by that standard. That doesn't mean that it's acceptable to abuse them, though.

      As for children being innocent, I would say usually children under 7 doesn't know what is right from wrong, typically by the time they are preteens, they should have some basic morality like "Don't steal", "Don't bully others", etc.

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    • pantyrose
      8 years ago

      Kids aren't innocent. Why do you think they need so much discipline?

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      • Short4Words
        8 years ago

        Kids are innocent because they are easy to influence and don't always understand the consequences of their actions. You're definition of innocence is very superficial.

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  • Ellenna
    8 years ago

    Has it not occurred to you that children are vulnerable and powerless compared to adults? For example, how can you not see that rape of a young child is worse than rape of an adult? Both bad and damaging and unforgiveable but definitely not the same.

    Sure, think about everyone, but our first priority should be the most vulnerable who aren't able to take are of themselves.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      Adults are pretty vulnerable too. Everyone is important and no one should be placed beyond someone else.

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      • sega31098
        8 years ago

        Adults tend to be well equipped and educated enough to handle the circumstances, not to mention they have the freedom to escape a large variety of negative circumstances. Children (at least those 9 and under) often haven't yet learned strategies to cope with their situation and usually do not have the ability to escape as their lives are preplanned.

        If you were being bullied in elementary school or an extracurricular activity centre, you are essentially trapped and there is nowhere to hide. If you are being bullied in say a university cafeteria, you have the ability to say "**** this" and walk out. My 9 year old self being forced to go to Scouts where all the Cubs would taunt, ostracize and harass me couldn't escape the camp and find a safe place to escape, but my 16 year old self being taunted during break could just walk out of the school until break was over.

        It's not so much "Children are better than adults", but "Adults know how to take care of themselves, so let's put more effort on the children".

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      • Ellenna
        8 years ago

        You are seriously suggesting adults are as physically & emotionally vulnerable as children?

        You were either never a child or you have a very bad memory

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  • [Old Memory]
    8 years ago

    I definitely see where you're coming from.

    What really gets me is how society constantly harps on about the "innocence" of children. Puh-leeze. Anyone who's ever had a sufficient amount of experience with children can tell you that just like their grown counterparts, there are children who are essentially good, and essentially evil. In other words, they're collectively no more innocent than adults are.

    I think it would do us well to be harder on young people in general. After all, just what do you think happens in the absence of standards? Look around.

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  • deshikd
    8 years ago

    It's not that children are more important, it's just that they are more defenseless. They are also usually incapable of understanding why bad things happen to them, and are pretty much never deserving of bad things. Same concept as innocent animals dying basically.

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  • seekelp
    8 years ago

    The critical thing that I think you may be missing here is that children do eventually become adults.

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  • thegypsysailor
    8 years ago

    Children should be seen and not heard. They should never interrupt an adult conversation, nor should they make a scene in public.
    An undisciplined child will become an undisciplined adult, which is not a very good quality for an adult to have.

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    • Short4Words
      8 years ago

      What a narrow view.

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      • thegypsysailor
        8 years ago

        Realistic, not narrow. Are you a parent?

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        • Short4Words
          8 years ago

          No but I've heard and seen children do amazing things most adults wouldn't dream of.

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          • thegypsysailor
            8 years ago

            Until you are a parent, with the attendant responsibilities, you have no idea what you are talking about here. You may presume to know, but you don't.

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            • Short4Words
              8 years ago

              Being a parent, if that's what you are, makes you no better authority on the matter either. My point stands, you think children should be invisible I think they should be seen and heard because they're uncorrupted, imaginative, genuine, and oddly heroic at times. And for the record, being a parent isn't the only way to gain insight into this.

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    • modernism
      8 years ago

      What do you mean by "heard"? As in literally hearing them speak, or being understood?

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      • Short4Words
        8 years ago

        heard of*

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  • daydreamer394
    8 years ago

    You say "think about everyone" and speak of "equality" when you say you feel "more sorry for adults".

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  • ReginaFalange
    8 years ago

    The younger members of the species is the future of said species.
    Even in nature, you see animals protect their young and might even protect other animals' youngs, or predators spare their lifes (i.e. tigress adopts baby monkey, etc)

    But you might be right that it has become an exaggeration. I think you will find this interesting:
    <a href="http://qz.com/273255/how-american-parenting-is-killing-the-american-marriage/" rel="nofollow">http://qz.com/273255/how-american-parenting-is-...</a>

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  • sega31098
    8 years ago

    As people say, children are our future.

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  • LizardSkin
    8 years ago

    So a kid with cancer is the same to you as an old person dying peacefully in a warm bed... or the starving child?

    We care more because of the factor of helplessness. Use some common sense stupid liberal.

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  • modernism
    8 years ago

    They aren't necessarily more important, depending on the case. The reason why it's more heart-wrenching when something happens to a child is because young children are typically innocent, and helpless.

    You can't tell me a typical 50 year old is as pure and vulnerable as a typical 5 year old. It's the thought that an adult has made more mistakes in his/her life than a child - therefore, the child is seen as more undeserving of whatever happens to them, that of which they are more likely to be defenseless against.

    Children have their entire life ahead of them. For the example of death, a tragedy happening to an adult is obviously terrible, but a tragedy happening to a child is like they weren't even given a chance in the first place.

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