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xulamaude

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11. "child's level of consciousness"

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Reply #9)

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 12:12 PM

Dec 2013

Exactly.

You know, after 7th grade I kept growing emotionally and intellectually and (almost?) every guy I ever knew just... didn't. It's like they're stuck at about a 12 year old mentality.

And right, it's not meant as an insult - it's simply an observation that I've made over the 35 years since 7th grade.

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A lesson that many don't seem to fully appreciate, courtesy of The Big Comfy Couch [View all] redqueen Dec 2013 OP

Holy crap, THERE'S a childhood flashback! NuclearDem Dec 2013 #1

really.... lol i did not know it was real. i thought it like a PSA for men. lol. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #3

Nah, Big Comfy Couch ran on PBS when I was a kid. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #4

so fuckin' funny. well, tells you i was not a kid the same time as you, lol. hmmm. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #5

My kids loved it. redqueen Dec 2013 #6

good messaging. soft in pink. a funny nose (humor). unoffensive being challenged by not a "hot" seabeyond Dec 2013 #2

yes, it is child appropriate and teaching children on a level they can understand about Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #7

i thought it for the men. something they could gently disgest. i didnt get it was for kids. seabeyond Dec 2013 #8

see ... what level that men's awareness on, don't you? Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #9

oh wow. ya. wow. can you believe. hmmmm. lol, interesting. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #10

"child's level of consciousness" xulamaude Dec 2013 #11

my oldest was fighting at 4, so articulate, full sentences, huge words, to DEMAND they understand he seabeyond Dec 2013 #12

Exception to the rule, your eldest :) xulamaude Dec 2013 #15

yes, There are some few who have grown ... Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #14

I'm too old to know this show gollygee Dec 2013 #13

Nice! ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #16