Thread: Things Told as Children... Not So?

Originally Posted by Taosaur

Everyone please come back to this thread in ten years and let us know how being reflexively anti-authority, defensive, self-serving, and unreservedly hedonistic worked out for you

Haha! Tao, that was hilarious.

I'd say it would work out pretty good. Are you saying that all these incorrect things people have mentioned are correct?

Originally Posted by youssarian

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.
Who hasn't heard this rhyme? Supposedly, there is no power behind words. But once you get old enough people readily admit that there is indeed a great deal of strength behind what others say about you and what you say. Word-of-mouth can make you or break you. "The pen is mightier than the sword."

A comment on this one.

Words aren't like a sharp blade. Words are gentle hands. They will do nothing to healthy skin, but will ache more than anything if they touch a wound.

I think you should reinterpret the saying as an advice, instead of a general truth. You had no wounds people could pick on when you were a child. You acquire them as you grow older. Words don't hurt you, words bring your pain forth.

This is one of those cases that show children are wiser than adults about many things. When I was a child, I promised myself I would never stop comprehending children and would never have adult problems. It helped me not to forget the wisdom I acquired as a child.

You make a very wise point Kromoh.

Originally Posted by Kromoh

A comment on this one.

Words aren't like a sharp blade. Words are gentle hands. They will do nothing to healthy skin, but will ache more than anything if they touch a wound.

I think you should reinterpret the saying as an advice, instead of a general truth. You had no wounds people could pick on when you were a child. You acquire them as you grow older. Words don't hurt you, words bring your pain forth.

This is one of those cases that show children are wiser than adults about many things. When I was a child, I promised myself I would never stop comprehending children and would never have adult problems. It helped me not to forget the wisdom I acquired as a child.

True, but don't you think words can inflict wounds? I was a very bright, vibrant, active girl when i was in elementary school- but when my parents moved me to another school, I was bullied like hell. It made me weaker, duller, and definitely much more fragile than i was before. I mean, I'm 21, but I'm still not over the bullying I endured then, and I feel like I'm "the way i was supposed to be"- if that makes any sense