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 The world is really only comprised of two groups. 

Children and adults. 

Being a child is default. 

Maturing into an adult is not. 
 But being a child is more fun. 
 For a time. After awhile it becomes sad. 
 yes, when you're curious, learning, and doing stuff.

but theres way to many adult aged children who cant cope with life unless someone around them is a mature adult. 
 It sucks for everyone else but it's fun for them. 
 Childlike ≠ Childish
Few figure it out.
Having that said: did you guys see my cock??

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 I beg to differ. 
 with child i think of naive 
 A lot of extended adolescents out there. 
 Just finished a 3 day water fast last night. Best 72 hours I’ve given myself in years. I plan on remaining a child for as long as I God grants me. 60+ and going strong. Thank God For Bitcoin. 🙏🧡💪 
 you become an adult when you realise the adults had just been winging it all along 
 The goal of parenting isn't to raise children; it's to raise adults. 
 "Most people don’t grow up. It’s too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older. That’s the truth of it. They honor their credit cards, they find parking spaces, they marry, they have the nerve to have children, but they don’t grow up. Not really. They get older. But to grow up costs the earth, the earth. It means you take responsibility for the time you take up, for the space you occupy. It’s serious business. And you find out what it costs us to love and to lose, to dare and to fail. And maybe even more, to succeed. What it costs, in truth."

    — Maya Angelou 
 You become an adult by taking on and overcoming challenges and hardships. Like rings in a tree.

A lot of people choose the easy way and let life happen to them, like children. They deal with obstacles and pain but numbing themselves and looking the other way. 
 Just like having kids is not a guarantee, it's a privilege. 
 Most boomers I know are children 
 The majority of Americans I know are in the first group. Particularly wealthy Californians.  Seems very few have the strength or courage to make it to maturity. 
 And Canadians are even more Childish than Californians. There are literally no adults in Canada except a couple in Alberta and Saskatchewan 
 Ouch! Didn't think it could get worse then here. My oldest daughter is in Edmonton this whole month, it's interesting watching your kids realize how many people are asleep at the wheel. 
 Children and Older Children.

Wen Adult? 
 And having a child is a necessary (but not sufficient) condition to become an adult. 
 True many are child’s raising children 
 it's not acchually.
there are celibates who mature into true adults.
it's just having kids is a good way for people to stop thinking of themselves personally as the center of the universe.