Childhood Is a Time of Exploration

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Parents who protect children from all physical risk, and therefore mental and psychological and intellectual risk as well a the drugging of children. That basically keeps them from developing their own ability to a mitigate and moderate their own moods. And then allowing them access to screens and the algarithms on them that further further deprave their abilities to think through things. Those are yuno, those are a few af early interventions, i guess i would call it. But it does hearken back to an older time with, and we can say that without feeling like vatives doing so right? It's just about recognizing what childhood is like. U now, childhood is a time of exploration.

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