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minus-squareeskimofry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoThe problem is it’s incredibly hard to switch off the years of information accumulated in your brain and pretend to be a beginner when communicating your thoughts.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·8 months agoYou would not talk to a child/toddler/baby/… the way you talk to a colleague. So no, it is very easy to “switch off”, you just have to do it.
minus-squareRaffster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoI always talked to my child as if she was an adult. So there’s that. She’s fine btw.
minus-squareMelmi@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoTbf, I don’t often talk to children about work, and I don’t think most adults would want me to talk to them like a child. Plus, talking to children doesn’t come naturally to everyone. It’s certainly not fair to describe it as “very easy”.
The problem is it’s incredibly hard to switch off the years of information accumulated in your brain and pretend to be a beginner when communicating your thoughts.
You would not talk to a child/toddler/baby/… the way you talk to a colleague. So no, it is very easy to “switch off”, you just have to do it.
I always talked to my child as if she was an adult. So there’s that. She’s fine btw.
Tbf, I don’t often talk to children about work, and I don’t think most adults would want me to talk to them like a child.
Plus, talking to children doesn’t come naturally to everyone. It’s certainly not fair to describe it as “very easy”.