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Don't be mean. I promise to do my best to judge that fairly.

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[–] Trashcan@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not saying a parent knows your inner feelings, but I am saying that after watching repeat behaviour patterns you notice stuff. And with younger kids they don't really connect these dots. So yeah, to some extent we do know our kids better than they do

But this all has limits. And expiration dates.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip -4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They "know" their kids through the lense of their experience. So they've experienced more therefore they feel they know more.

They're making educated guesses outcomes. That's not knowing.

[–] exasperation@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're making educated guesses outcomes. That's not knowing.

Oh shit do we need a crash course in epistemology here

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No but it sounds like you could use one I'm coming decency.

Honestly that was uncalled for.

[–] exasperation@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

It was a light hearted joke about the definition of "knowledge," which is notoriously slippery.