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Are Grownups Just Giant Kids?
Adulthood might be less monolithic than it seems.
It’s a disputed thesis, but a compelling one: adults definitely do a lot to preserve childhood as its own special time, from promulgating the myth of Santa Claus to setting up parental controls on Netflix. Gliding on our bikes down the long, sweeping hill near our house, which descends from the school to the water, my son and I both glory in speed, ease, wind, and sun. Therapists sometimes invoke the idea of an “inner child,” and certain therapeutic approaches even posit the existence of “exiled” inner children, who have been wounded or rejected and might be recovered and nurtured.
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