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Re:Taking Children Seriously by MaurizioPz on Monday December 04, 2017 @04:47AM (#15842733)
I can assure you that young children are way smarter that most give them credit. They can pattern match pretty quickly.
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Re:Taking Children Seriously by quickthrower2 on Monday December 04, 2017 @04:57PM (#15847948)
> "I wanted to see if that would work"

This seems advanced to me. Of course this could be a stock phrase copied from an adult. My 2 year old does this a lot and it makes her sound grown up. As an adult I use confirmation bias to say "yup she's smart".

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Re:Taking Children Seriously by tarboreus on Monday December 04, 2017 @11:38PM (#15849765)
2-year-olds are definitely capable of this kind of thinking. The ability to explain it and introspect is more rare.
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