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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm not saying a parent knows your inner feelings, but I am saying that after watching repeat behaviour patterns you notice stuff. And with younger kids they don't really connect these dots. So yeah, to some extent we do know our kids better than they do

But this all has limits. And expiration dates.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They "know" their kids through the lense of their experience. So they've experienced more therefore they feel they know more.

They're making educated guesses outcomes. That's not knowing.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

We're all making educated guesses including about ourselves.

It doesn't really matter if you think you know yourself, external behaviors do.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

You're not wrong

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They're making educated guesses outcomes. That's not knowing.

Oh shit do we need a crash course in epistemology here

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No but it sounds like you could use one I'm coming decency.

Honestly that was uncalled for.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

It was a light hearted joke about the definition of "knowledge," which is notoriously slippery.