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No, but I would say something like "I am very dissapointed in you for doing X". A kid can't change who they "are", but they can change what they "do".
This is a key distinction. To make sure they understand it properly, I usually push it even further to “You did a disappointing thing.”
Those are the same things. You are what you do.
If you don't want to be X, than don't do X.
Correlation is not causation
we're talking about people dude. we are not talking about scientific principles.
people claim want to be healthy and then engage in unhealthy behaviors. they are unhealthy. what they do is what defines them, not what they desire to be.
Yes we are talking about people. People can be held accountable for their actions and people can change their ways if they make mistakes. You're saying that people cannot change. If they bought a tesla, they're nazis, so fuck them.
I'm not saying any of that. But please keep telling me more about myself. Clearly you know everything..
That's the point though. I'm not telling you anything about yourself. I'm telling you about what you're saying. I'm not assuming anything about who you are or aren't.
No, you are misrepresenting what I'm saying to make it look extreme and stupid. It's called straw-manning.
You are stupid.
You can choose and change what you do.
You can’t choose or change what you are.
If you get confused about do / be just refer back to those rules and you’ll know which one applies.