People Explain What A 4-Year-Old Can Do Better Than A 40-Year-Old

Dino-Ologists

"Remember the names of dinosaurs."

-jaggy_bunnet

"Every child is a dinosaur expert"

-THX450

"Once you turn 40 only one dinosaur becomes important the my-body-saur"

-insertstalem3me

Authenticity

"Being themselves"

-Paused_Verdict

"The lack of self awareness is spectacular. 'Why should I care if I look like an silly as long as I'm having fun?' "

-mordeci00

"This is pretty much literally true."

"This is the age when they're only just starting to really build a concept of other minds."

"So they don't care what other people think of them because they're only barely aware that other people are actually thinking beings like them."

-TheGazelle

Like Nothing

"Squat"

-Snuggle_Pounce

"Seriously, my toddler just hunkers down in positions I would have to fall to get out of... And she stays there for half an hour eating stuff out of the carpet, then gets up like nothing."

-emskem

"I’m not a parent but I’m trying to imagine just chillin’ on the couch, watching my toddler eat various bits of food out of the carpet for a half an hour like a weird Easter egg hunt."

-OG-Artifician

A Beautiful Friendship

"Make friends with people their age"

-CoolIceCreamCone

"Kid1: 'I have a truck' holds up toy truck.

Kid2: 'I have a car, it goes zoom zoom!'

Kid1: 'Zoom zoom!' Runs toy truck on ground.

The beginning of a long friendship."

-dorisfrench

Life

"Deal with the weight of existentialism."

-alegonz

"For real my middle son just turned 5 and he’s constantly talking about the heaviest sh*t. I’d short circuit if my mind was working on that all the time!!!"

-TeaEffKay4

Curious or Creepy?

"Ask 'why.' "

"Genuinely, so many people lose the curiosity they once had as children that it's sad. So many people just accept things but won't ask why to understand them."

-rudeprincessita

"In my experience, when you are too curious as you age people start to think you are too nosy or a creep."

"It can't be brushed off as 'just curious kid' things anymore."

"Some people really just don't want to share knowledge, even if it should be common, every day information that betters society."

-Smith6612

Cute or Brutal?

"Actually say what they think"

-caplisanne

"Some 40 yr olds are good at it, but it's usually not cute when they do it. It's usually just brutal."

-shall_always_be_so

Joy

"Smile and laugh"

-thatonePS3GUY

"This is for sure the answer. The joy my daughter feels at a new paw patrol episode is equal to me getting a $50,000 tax free bonus at work."

-executive313

Life Alert

"Fall over and bounce back"

-Nizmo57

"They either jump up immediately or lay there screaming like they're dying because they know you bought the spiderman bandaids last time you went to the store."

-PermanentTrainDamage

"Don't forget the yell " I ok' and thumps up"

-Busy_Role_291

"I'd need a Life Alert if I took the same fall I just watched my kid take - and then bounce back up and go right back to picking her nose."

- [Reddit]

It's Called Emotional Range

"Be happy"

-Miiagl

"Debatable, 4 year olds are always crying."

-X0AN

"But at least they're crying on the outside."

-Diddly_eyed_Dipshite

"Ehh mine very rarely cries. Only when really scared, gets hurt, or really doesn't want to do something. Like 95% happy and 5% meltdown."

-squirrel4you

Oh!

So there's a loophole to the whole "strolling through the grocery store in a t-shirt, no pants, and sandals" thing.

Live near the beach! Nobody worries where your pants are if they can see that your t-shirt is over a bathing suit.

check. and. mate.