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Break the wheel (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26201846

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I read once that kids believe things they overhear more than the things that they are directly told and have been trying to do this ever since.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah. Also if you phrase things poorly they take the bad meaning all the time never say ''you're no dummy'' you need to be more like ''you can do this, your very smart''

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

"your very smart''

The irony is extreme.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

"Me no smart, you smart!"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

This happened to me... nothing destroys self esteem like parents bad mouthing you for stuff you thought was cool

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This right here might be the most wholesome thing I've heard in a long time.