Adventures in the Psychology of Children: The Dark Side of Humanity

Lauren Reiff
Sep 7, 2018 · 8 min read
“person watching through hole” by Dmitry Ratushny on Unsplash

I’m fascinated by children. In equal measure they can be both endearing and terribly frustrating, but more than finding them “cute” or alternately irritating, they’re so interesting to observe from a psychological perspective. In painfully obvious detail children can expose some of the slightly darker aspects of humanity as much as they can illuminate redeeming aspects of it.

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