2006-11-18 01:18:02 · 11 answers · asked by staffbull 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
If they were good judges of character, molesters wouldn't get away with it.
2006-11-18 01:27:18 · answer #1 · answered by Kacky 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Chilren are more empathic, and take their emotional cues from the trusted people in their environment. For example, a kid is with its mother at the store, and a stranger starts talking to the mother: the mother is slightly incomfortable with the guy, but the kid senses mom's discomfort and has a more severe reaction (starts to cry or scream, struggles to move away, tries to get mom to go.)
Plus, kids do tend to like people also based on many other things. But kids are not better judges of character than adults, and if you depend on a kid to judge the character of all of those people you will be dealing with in your life, you're certain to come to a foul end.
2006-11-18 01:31:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a built in survival characteristic which was needed in our development over thousands of years. (their life might depend on making a quick decision regarding strange peoples moods/behaviours/intentions etc)
We as adults make the same deductions but have more experience in de-cyphering all the signals. However they work more on instinct......& we get confused when we factor in our expectations/experience/etc......... They also jump to conclusions far more rapidly!
2006-11-18 01:33:30 · answer #3 · answered by Chew 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Kids seem to be good at everything from programming the electrical gadgets to knowing what's going on around them. They're very crafty & devious sometimes.
Scary, isn't it???
2006-11-18 01:28:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Children do it in an instant because they don't have as many preconceived notions about character. They judge solely on here and now.
2006-11-18 01:20:12 · answer #5 · answered by aznbrik 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't agree, in my experience they seem to just like the pretty people and not the ugly ones.
2006-11-18 01:21:23 · answer #6 · answered by Rhapsody 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that everyone has psychic powers which needs to be nurtured. It gets lost over time by the way we live our lives.
2006-11-18 07:03:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because they base their judgment completely on how the person acts or what they say. adults tend to look to much into things and over-analyze everything.
2006-11-18 03:44:31 · answer #8 · answered by redpeach_mi 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they are not prejudiced, and very innocent. An adult may think someone's a better person that they are because they're attractive etc, a child wouldn't consider a persons attractiveness....
2006-11-18 01:25:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i agree with both the first 2 answewrs. so where does that leave me??? lol
2006-11-18 01:25:41 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋