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dist-epochyesterday at 8:39 PM2 repliesview on HN

We "maintain control" over kids until they get to a certain age. Then they typically rebel against their parents.


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baqyesterday at 9:08 PM

Oh that’s absolutely false, they rebel much earlier. The age is set so they can start anticipating at least a little bit of second order effects of their rebellions before they actually execute them.

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bamboozledyesterday at 11:52 PM

Yeah, they rebel from about 12 months in my experience, so yeah...