When do you think meanness becomes a permanent character trait? In the pre-teen years or before?
Hell if I know. But I know that the older you get, the harder it seems to be to change how you act.
Which mayn't be a bad thing, if how you act is in a good way, y'know?
If there are fixable reasons for meanness, then one can understand and intervene.
That's why Ana's always being asked why she did something. That, and that I want her to think about her actions, and I'm guessing she isn't that great at thinking before she acts.
Re: Is the seed of mean in theory of mind?
Hell if I know. But I know that the older you get, the harder it seems to be to change how you act.
Which mayn't be a bad thing, if how you act is in a good way, y'know?
If there are fixable reasons for meanness, then one can understand and intervene.
That's why Ana's always being asked why she did something. That, and that I want her to think about her actions, and I'm guessing she isn't that great at thinking before she acts.