I have mixed feeling about kids, it varies by age.
I think babies are loud, ugly & they smell bad.
Small children & toddlers are cute, especially once they start talking and putting together sentences. They ahve a pure, untainted insight on the world around them. But they have an extreme about of energy and can be quite loud at times.
I find it draining to be around them.
Once kids reach school age, they calm down some, but poor parenting can lead to some being very obnoxious. But for the most part ages 5-11 are ok.
Adolescents (11-15) are a total wild card, naturally. One day they can be cool as hell, exhibiting impressive adult like behavior, the next day being an obnoxious pain in the butt. More often obnoxious and impossible to deal with. But there are exceptions.
Teens (15-18 ), I wouldn't even really consider "kids". They are in many ways adults, but they lack experience. They are easier to deal with than adolescents, but they frequently carry this know it all attitude, though they don't know diddley.
For the most part kids are cool, they are people just like the rest of us and are a lot smarter than adults give them credit for. Usually if I don't like a certain kid, it's because their parents did a poor job.
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Your Aspie score: 172 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 35 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
Diagnosed in 2005
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