Sometimes, living in the world created by my children, knowing them better than I know myself but still finding them baffling, I feel like the rest of the world is nothing but shifting sands around me. I read somewhere that the twenty identifiable traits on the Hare psychopathy checklist apparently don’t count in children, since they tend to display all of them. These include poor behavioral controls, irresponsibility, superficial charm, parasitic lifestyle, need for stimulation, lack of realistic long-term goals, and impulsivity. I suppose it’s unsurprising that one might question things
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