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Re: Is the seed of mean in theory of mind?
Date: 2006-04-08 10:39 pm (UTC)Acting mean and being mean ...
The soul within us is all neutral.
But all we see of another person is their actions, and how we react/how they make us feel.
If this is intense in adulthood - and we have many years expertise and experience coping with it - then how much more difficult it must be for three year old and four year olds!
I think my compassion for younger children has gone up a thousand percent with this simple insight.
Yes, yes, yes: you do explain WHY and HOW the other person might be thinking and feeling.
When do you think meanness becomes a permanent character trait? In the pre-teen years or before?
If there are fixable reasons for meanness, then one can understand and intervene.
Adelaide