Topic: Should kids be treated as young adults or like children? (Read 505 times)
For me, if i have my child, I will treated them base on their age and maturity. because they are also a human they needed to be adjust their life and behavior.
children should always be treated as equals, explaining words and helping with action ... children do not understand much and perceive the world in their own way, learn to speak with them in one language and they will be able to entrust to you the most intimate secrets. if it happens that you had to punish them for an excessive prank, try not to shout at them, but to explain to them why they were punished. and most importantly love your children and tell them about it more often.
we should let them experience what children looks like&feels like..but we should guide them too.We will teach them whats right & whats wrong.
We should treat them like a children sometimes , bit please give them a chance to decide also for their own self .
Kids will be kids. They are once to be kids. So we must treat them like a kids. Because all of us need guidance. We need to respect to each and everyone.
Teach them to become adult and to treat them like an adult is not a good one because they still don't know what adult responsibilities are.
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
We should let them live as a kid for a while because eventually they will grow up. To be a kid is only once in our life, so let them enjoy being a kid because when they grow up they cannot turn back the time. Also, they cannot still decide on their own yet. Do not rush everything, it will be done in process. Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
i dont know, im not a mother yet 
Children are children so let's treat them for what they are. They will have plenty of time later to be treated like adults. However, be treated like a children doesn't mean be treated like a stupid person. I hear and see sometimes parents that speak to their children like if they were dumb 
Children are to be treaded with tender care and they should be guided to know their purpose, but to let them assume the position of adults is very harmful for their development.
I think you can be treated both, its depend in situation, no wrong with like children, when treated kids somehow they appreciate and you can treated as adult way,, explain them what is wrong and what is right. Being kids is once a life time so let them enjoy they're being kids.
As children. That would be too much weight on their shoulders. They should enjoy they young age and be playful.
For me i would like to treat them at the same time. Not always a child but let them enjoy how kid can be. Because being so strict would tend to make them rebel sometimes. I see a lot of kids being a mature minded with a good family situation but generally a kid would be mature if at an early age he/she is struggling at an early stage. It is in us adults to teach them when the times comes things when times and not just only when they are misbehaving.
Well it won't hurt to treat children as young adults to teach them about responsibility and being independent. Though of course, we shouldn't forget that they're still kids and children needs to play, study and do kids stuff
train your children like adult for him to be independent and strong in life. do not sugarcoat things because the real world is cruel.
Depend on the age, you cant let them decide all of the things because they dont have the experience and they dont know which one is good or bad, when they teenager you can give advice and option but let them decide by themselves
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
Kids are only children, so for now let their do whatever they want. But we as parents should giude them and teach them how to be good person. Both. Keep a balance between the two.
It's really hard to do that, nothing on this earth is balance, trust me. 
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
I remember my father giving advice to my brother not to talk to his child in a childish voice. I agree with treat them like an adult but with limitation. It is also good to be playful sometimes.
Both. Keep a balance between the two.
When a child questions your instructions, it’s a great opportunity to teach. When you explain the reasons and context behind a rule, you’re giving the child the tools to build their own moral framework, to fill in the blanks between the rules they know and the ones they don’t. This is fundamental to learning.
We should treat them like a children sometimes , bit please give them a chance to decide also for their own self .
True we should consider having their own choice for their own,We should treat them like a child while giving them an opportunity to decide for their own.
Children should be treated like children. You can not blame them for any of their problems. They will l be tired of adulthood. For that, childhood was created to play and have fun with friends.
I always treated kids as young adults and I think it's better because it helps them to learn this world faster. But I don't have children so I don't know for sure.
I prefer to treat children according to age because if they are treated as young adults it will make them think of adults as equal, so they will ignore what adults say ,,
So treat them as usual.
thank you
So treat them as usual.
thank you
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
They should be treated accordingly. Kids are new to things so it should be the adults responsibilities to guide them through the years until they are at their right age to let them decide for themselves. But for now, they should be taken care of and love so that when they grow up they will know how to do the same to others.
Kids are always aspect love from young adults and elder then ago.They always flow the rules of elders person in family members or his/her social environment.But some times they are treated from young adult person.They do bad behavior with them.They torture them hardly.For this reason kids mind should not build up properly.In this way kids are treated by young adult and children.
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
Children for that they and children, that they have not yet formed the consciousness of the world, they are weakly represent some things and are very influenced by the outside. Therefore, they must have their own opinion, but always listen to the elders, who are more experienced. 
Treat children as children, do not equate our treatment to children as we do to teenagers. Let them grow and enjoy their childhood. Anyway seeing a kid is cute, right? Treat them like teenagers can make them grown up too fast, and that's not cute.
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
Kids are fragile beings that is why we should treat them as inferior because they are just that. We can not just impose adult things to a child's mind because they cannot handle it. I say we slowly teach kids things they need to know as they grow up and teach them patiently.
I think you better treat them like a little friend, trust, respect are needed to them.
For me we should let them experience being kids because if we treat them like adults they will be deprived of the things that they will supposed to experience during this stage which might affect them psychologically.
I treat my children like young adults. I'm training them to be adults when they get older so why not start now? I think it makes the children more well behaved so you can't just say they're just kids being kids.
We can do both.
It depends on the situation.
We can treat them as child and adult.
Express lur effection and caring are importand.
Teach them how to be discipline and responsible are important too.
So, we just need to find our eay how to do it.
We can't always treat them like a child because it will make them not independent.
But we can't also always treat them like an adult, it will make them selfish. We just need to do it in balance.
It depends on the situation.
We can treat them as child and adult.
Express lur effection and caring are importand.
Teach them how to be discipline and responsible are important too.
So, we just need to find our eay how to do it.
We can't always treat them like a child because it will make them not independent.
But we can't also always treat them like an adult, it will make them selfish. We just need to do it in balance.
I guess, the treatment varies from the parents and the child as well. There are children who is very easy to pick up some things that doesn't need some guidance from the parents but there are some children that always seek some guidance from parents.
I think this all depends on the adults, how reasonable they are and how well they can read people and adjust to them. Someone who doesn't have that ability probably should not have kids, and when they do, will not provide them the best opportunity for their kids, while at the same time producing more and more kids.
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
I treat my boys like a child when they were young. Sometimes i let them play with their friends, and let them eat what was in our table.
obviouly we have to treat them like children.
But sometimes we should understand them about their fault.
But sometimes we should understand them about their fault.
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
Kids are kids and they should be treated as kids and nothing more or less, Being an adult is a privilege and once they attain that status of adulthood or start behaving as adults, thats when we will treat them as adults.Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
Kids are kids and they should be treated as kids and nothing more or less, Being an adult is a privilege and once they attain that status of adulthood or start behaving as adults, thats when we will treat them as adults.
The children should be treated fairly, treating them like adults
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
I think they must treated as normal children for it accurates their age. At tgeir young age, they must be treated as their age for them to enjoy life as kids. Let's allow them to play and enjoy their lives as kids for there will come a time that they will reach the age of being adult.
Everything has its time. Children should feel responsible for their actions. Childhood should end in the kindergarten. There the child becomes an independent small person
Because sometimes adult like so much when they do such things to their kids but kids felt more pampered and there's nothing wrong with that provided that you won't do it over and over again.. there's certain age to do that but when they beginning to grow up they should learn little by little be responsible, to do the things they can and also freedom to choose to give them a chance to be adult in their own kids mind to express their feelings with certain restrain..strong but gentle in handling them so that they will learn the value of life and appreciate them as they grow up.
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
Treat them according to their age. Let them be happy or pained is needed but never make them feel hate. Let kids be kids. Let them feel that they are kids.
I guess it depends on the situation we treat kids as they really are but we also help to train them as young as they are to make simply decision for their own, be responsible at little task they can and be accountable to any wrong things they've done in that way they will learn at the same time preparing them when they become adult not pampering them out so much that they become spoil brat kids.
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
It depends on the situation. I prefer treating kids as young adults for them to learn and be independent. Making them responsible for the things that they have done . They must follow the house rules and have discipline. In terms of celebrating we should always treat them as children. They will be more happy that way. Them being cute are one of the nicest things of thr world that can make you smile. Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
Kids are kids and adults are adults, two different time steps in human life.
To treat them like Young adults would require them to be already adults, which they are not, this is why they are called childen. And is most of the world they are not legally responsible of their actions. As young adults they would have to go to jail for their mistakes.
They are called children because they're small. That doesn't mean they're any less intelligent than adults. Some of the most intelligent people I've met were kids who would've put the vast majority of adults to shame. There's absolutely nothing of relevance that changes once you become an adult.
To treat them like Young adults would require them to be already adults, which they are not, this is why they are called childen. And is most of the world they are not legally responsible of their actions. As young adults they would have to go to jail for their mistakes.
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
I think Children should be treated as individuals with immense potential to great good or harm. We should love them, never physically harm them, teach them to respect themselves and others. Then we may let them go and find their own way.
actually the child is treated according to the child's own age, 0-5 years old treat like a king, age 6-12 treat like a student, age 13-17 treat like a friend..
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
children have to live their childhood. children should not be treated as adult individuals. but it is important to remember that children also think like adults. they have brains like us. but their brains are not just as polluted as our brains.
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
As being a educational specialist, I am completely against treating children like adults. Children are children. That's why, Adults must treath them a child. Children must play games, must be fed by an adult . They do not need to care about adult's issues.
Should be treated just like everyone else. They're not retarded, and as long as you talk to them normally and give them the freedom to succeed and fail by themselves they'll come to you for advise and become truly independent.
it could go both ways:
- Neuroscientists have shown that the adult cortex doesn't fully develop until approximately 25 years of age. Until then, inhibition patterns that are normal in older people (politeness, avoiding aggression, delaying reward) are simply less effective. This should be taken into account
- on the other hand, as a parenting practice, it can be helpful to challenge a child and speak to them as if they were older, but not necessarily always, nor necessarily all the way up to adult-like conversation
- Neuroscientists have shown that the adult cortex doesn't fully develop until approximately 25 years of age. Until then, inhibition patterns that are normal in older people (politeness, avoiding aggression, delaying reward) are simply less effective. This should be taken into account
- on the other hand, as a parenting practice, it can be helpful to challenge a child and speak to them as if they were older, but not necessarily always, nor necessarily all the way up to adult-like conversation
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
lol, even us as adults when don't have the attention we should have by the ones in power... I don't see it happening with the kiddos.
Young adults! they should be treated as young adults with limitation, they are still a kid. As they grown up and they talk as adult and you feeling like a younger brother or sister, thats good it means they are finaly growing so if this happend let them teach you. Dont tell them stop acting like your the eldest, infact when you know(adult) yours wrong accept it dont let the child (14-19) down because they fully understand things because you treated them right as a parent or a older sibling.
I treat my child as a children. I let her enjoy her childhood life. At the same time i am teaching her what to do and what is not. We all herw parent. To guide and love our child.
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
When i talk with my child i talk with him like to an adult but, in the same time, i manage the direction of the discussion and he is aware of the limits of the discussion.
Democratic
These parenting styles set rules and guidelines for their children, but not authoritarian. Parents are much more open to hearing the children's words and understanding their needs. if it breaks the rules, children will be rebuked in a subtle and non-violent way.
Although monitoring and supervising the behavior of children, parents will not interfere in the child's life for example when looking for friends. New parents will take steps if they feel the child is in danger. This pattern is considered the most ideal and most common style of parenting .
These parenting styles set rules and guidelines for their children, but not authoritarian. Parents are much more open to hearing the children's words and understanding their needs. if it breaks the rules, children will be rebuked in a subtle and non-violent way.
Although monitoring and supervising the behavior of children, parents will not interfere in the child's life for example when looking for friends. New parents will take steps if they feel the child is in danger. This pattern is considered the most ideal and most common style of parenting .
they are kids so raise our children to become a good person and a adult who known a responsibility in anything he would do
I think saying "cute" to a child means he/she appreciate watching the kid. How much appreciation would be an affection and warmth comfortable words that they love the child. If the age is like 7 below, call the child a chiled and if 7 or 8 and above start calling them a kid. But the important is the upbringing of the parents on how they manage to raise their child to be responsible and to their maturity.
We should treat them like a children sometimes , bit please give them a chance to decide also for their own self .
It depends on how do you want to educate them. If you are always trying to educate them as a strong adult, then they are obviously going to be a succesfull people.
I saw that there are some families educating their childrends like if they were kids of 4 years old, when they are just 12 or 13 Years old.
that is something that would affect them a lot on a near future.
Still treat them with what their age applies.If they are still children.Then rather treat them as veing kids.Do not be so advance in treating them to be more adults.You may be expecting much more to them.
We should treat them like a children sometimes , bit please give them a chance to decide also for their own self .
Yeah. So while they still kids they will know how to decide for themselves, thats the practice for them to know how to decide but we still need to treat them like a children because they still kids.
It should really depend on their level of development. Some kids can be reasoned with while other have to be cajoled to do stuff, for example. It's not a one-size-fit-all approach when dealing with kids.
I what I do believe in is that they should be given responsibilities that they can handle as early as possible (stuff for lil kids would be feeding the fish, etc). And quit the "you are special" talk, that would just lead them to disappointment. These two hopefully would make it easier for them to transition from children to adults.
I what I do believe in is that they should be given responsibilities that they can handle as early as possible (stuff for lil kids would be feeding the fish, etc). And quit the "you are special" talk, that would just lead them to disappointment. These two hopefully would make it easier for them to transition from children to adults.
We should treat them like a children sometimes , bit please give them a chance to decide also for their own self .
Many people treat kids like inferior beings, using "cute" voice, not giving them a chance to say their word, make a decision and such. Do you think such behavior might bring harm to the development of their personality, and they should be instead treated like adults, but just less experienced, so with understanding and patience?
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