Småbørnsadfærd

Hvorfor kaster de suppe på malerier? Hvorfor limer de sig fast til motorvejen? Hvorfor er de fornærmede over at der ikke kommer en minister forbi når nu de sidder og sultestrejker? Også selvom de stopper sultestrejken efter 8 dage for at undgå at det bliver “livstruende”

Det har Gurwinder en mulig forklaring på.

Udvalgte highligts:

‘In infants, the chief causes of outrageous behavior – impulsivity, grandiosity, attention-seeking, and a sense of entitlement – are considered normal, but in adults they’re key symptoms of the “cluster-B” personality disorders.’

‘This is neotoddlerism: the view that utopia can be achieved by acting like a three-year old’

‘When the inevitable retaliation came, the neotoddlers’ joy turned to horror as it dawned on them that actions have consequences’

‘Not only do neotoddlers lack impulse-control, they also mistake their lack of impulse-control for morality, and mistake the impulse-control of others for callousness’

‘There is perhaps no more reliable indicator of a society’s ripeness for a mass movement than the prevalence of unrelieved boredom’