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		caf on Aug 18, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cisco's Feud with Former Star Executive Turns Pers... It's referred to as a "childish" flaw because in children the prefrontal cortex is not yet developed enough to mediate base emotional responses like that.

spike021 on Aug 18, 2017 [–]

I don't disagree.

However, my point is that it is inherently a human trait/flaw, so adults experience it just as well.

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