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[–] 41 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Well, children aren't very good at telling the difference between real and fantasy. At least I'm fairly sure my nephew isn't actually Iron Man. Believing everything they say would be gullible at best, stupid at worst. And seriously, this won't be traumatizing because adults didn't believe the kid.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Neither of us can say that for sure because we don't have the necessary details. Internalisation is no myth, and it's very hard to work with when kids are pre-verbal or have low vocabulary. There are some good books on child (and adult) psychology that explain it better than I will here.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    There are some good books on child (and adult) psychology that explain it better than I will here.

    But there's this other book that says to ignore them and beat them when they're too annoying to ignore. It's called the bibble or something. Jeezus wrote it.

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