The whole principle is wrong. It's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't have steak.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Applying infantile standards to adults is irrational and counterproductive.
- In plain terms
- Don't treat grown adults like babies.
- What can you take from it?
- Match expectations to the actual capacity of the person.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When do safeguards become stifling?
- Who decides what is adult behavior?
Another view
Sometimes adults need protection from themselves.
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An armed society is a polite society.
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