Adults are more selfish than kids
By kritipen
@kritipen (4082)
United States
February 26, 2007 10:37am CST
Do you agree with this. Children are less selfish. Adults have many motives hidden beneath their more genorous exteriors. Kids dont have all those skills, yet are less selfish and also appear less selfish. I think the adults need to learn quite a few things from the kids. What do you say?
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@stacyv81 (5903)
• United States
26 Feb 07
I agree with you, Adults are selfish and what people construe as selfishness in kids, is just really that they havent realized yet that they arent the center of the world. Adults already know about life and they have acquired the skills to get what they want. Children are genuine and sometimes they try to manipulate, but they are testing the waters, and you have to teach them otherwise. I agree with you 100%.
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@rene33607 (21)
• United States
26 Feb 07
Hi,
Try telling my husband that, he does exactly what a child would do and acts like a child. He needs to grow up and take responsibilty for his own self.
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@rene33607 (21)
• United States
26 Feb 07
hi, so what about when adults act like they know about life but have all the qualities of a child, like say a grown man of 35.
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
26 Feb 07
Yes I do agree adults are more selfish than kids. Children are most times innocence. They do not think about the future or the past. They do not think about making money or cheating money. They do not have any hidden motivies. They are angels. They always keep smiling and are happy. I have seen lots of children sharing toys with other children while most adults do not share things they do not need. Even some adults borrows others things and do not return. To be happy I think we have to become like children and live like children always happy, smiling, and playful with no tensions, hidden motivies, or worries. When we spend more time with children we become more happier.
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
19 May 12
I also think that children shares their toys as well as happiness and playing with others while adults can be selfish. Most adults including me most times things only about the happiness of oneself than the others. I think sometimes we need to learn from children in our lives.
@mikeyr6000le (2123)
• United States
6 Mar 07
That is very true. Kids don't have those skills. They also don't know rasicim or being predjudice. Those are things they learn later on in life unfortunatly. That is the one great thing about kids, they are pure until the world changes them.
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@lillake (1630)
• United States
26 Feb 07
I think children can be selfish, but generally adults are more so than children. Adults often have underlyig reasons for their actions that many do not know about, children are rather honest about why they want something. Also children tend to be more innocent and loving, while adults more often are out to get what they want.
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
6 Feb 13
Thanks for this discussion
Yes i agree but only partially, all adults are not like that, you know exceptions are always there.
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@natliegleb (5175)
• India
17 Mar 13
for sure and adults are kind of selfish not to get deprived of their status or position or hidden benefits,children dont realise them
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
26 Feb 07
I would hazard to say that selfishness is something we learn over time and need to unlearn.
Children are less selfish because they have been getting their ways and have no need to be selfish. As you grow older and learn to fight for yourself in a dog-eat-dog world, selfishness inevitably creeps in to taint your soul.
But yes, I believe selfishness can, and should, be unlearned. ;-)
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