To: MeDroogies who wrote (2236 ) 3/22/1999 1:02:00 AM From: Neocon Read Replies (1) | Respond to
I cannot, of course, speak of your experience, but in my own, even with your qualification, I have seen toddlers hurt others just because it made them feel good to assert themselves. You might think that they should not be held responsible, because they are too young to know any better, which is reasonable, or you might call this "protecting his/her turf", although I don't think that is accurate, since I have seen too many instances when the aggression was a result of a desire to encroach on another's turf. Some people are more good- natured than others, but the bottom line is if you are going to deny that they should be blamed for there more destructive impulses, on the same basis it hardly seems right to say that they are naturally good--- it can go either way.
