Wow. I only lived two years with a legal guardian who was similarly intolerant of me for being “weird” and not making friends and loving computers.
Would you say you had some kind of insatiable need to go against your parents’ wishes, or was it more like a limitation in which you simply didn’t know how to be what they wanted?
I’m worried about the same problem in reverse. I’m having a child soon, and worry about her being normal. I don’t want normal, I want weird like me! I want a high-curiosity, high-openness, high-altruism, thoughtful, epistemologically strong naturist like myself… which may be out of reach. Maybe she will love to play with Barbie dolls, spend tremendous effort fitting into a school clique, read romance novels, swoon for the next Beiber, and fret about having too few shoes and dresses? There’s no EA community in my area to lean on… I wonder if there are any EA children’s books.
(Edit: Jeez, EAs sure can be mean with their votes.)
(just a note that it’s completely possible to be a bit silly when you’re a kid, eg play with Barbie Dolls, read romance novels, swoon for the next Bieber (or the next Taylor Swift), and fret about having too few shoes and dresses… and still be extremely attached to EA principles and dedicate one’s life to EA ideas. I did all the above and I would describe myself as high-curiosity, high-openness, high-altruism, thoughtful and really trying to be epistemically strong… I think it’s ok to be a bit silly when you’re a kid or a teenager… and also still a bit silly when you’re an adult? Not sure those “silly stuff” are actually deal-breakers to be ridiculously impactful later on? )
Thanks for pointing that out! Of course, my actual worry is that she won’t pick up on EA principles when the only EA in her environment is me. I hate to have to move to an overpriced EA hub city to provide more intellectual infrastructure, but it’s on the table.
Wow. I only lived two years with a legal guardian who was similarly intolerant of me for being “weird” and not making friends and loving computers.
Would you say you had some kind of insatiable need to go against your parents’ wishes, or was it more like a limitation in which you simply didn’t know how to be what they wanted?
I’m worried about the same problem in reverse. I’m having a child soon, and worry about her being normal. I don’t want normal, I want weird like me! I want a high-curiosity, high-openness, high-altruism, thoughtful, epistemologically strong naturist like myself… which may be out of reach. Maybe she will love to play with Barbie dolls, spend tremendous effort fitting into a school clique, read romance novels, swoon for the next Beiber, and fret about having too few shoes and dresses? There’s no EA community in my area to lean on… I wonder if there are any EA children’s books.
(Edit: Jeez, EAs sure can be mean with their votes.)
(just a note that it’s completely possible to be a bit silly when you’re a kid, eg play with Barbie Dolls, read romance novels, swoon for the next Bieber (or the next Taylor Swift), and fret about having too few shoes and dresses… and still be extremely attached to EA principles and dedicate one’s life to EA ideas. I did all the above and I would describe myself as high-curiosity, high-openness, high-altruism, thoughtful and really trying to be epistemically strong… I think it’s ok to be a bit silly when you’re a kid or a teenager… and also still a bit silly when you’re an adult? Not sure those “silly stuff” are actually deal-breakers to be ridiculously impactful later on? )
Thanks for pointing that out! Of course, my actual worry is that she won’t pick up on EA principles when the only EA in her environment is me. I hate to have to move to an overpriced EA hub city to provide more intellectual infrastructure, but it’s on the table.