the best teacher in life is experience, that's what they are trying to do
be honest, when you were six, were you making good choices.
mikai dosent know any better, he just knows crying = bad. this would be a good teaching moment, he’s really young, he needs guidance more then anything
sometimes guidance is good, but other times its good for children to learn on their own
no and thats the reason why we know what the good choices to make are now
i think in some situations yes but mikai already hurt her once and he didn’t even realize that, he didn’t know what he did was wrong and he could continue to hurt her, an adult in the situation would be really helpful and mikai dosent have to be seen as the villian to learn from his mistakes
i'm pretty sure he can tell that he did something wrong since the panel literally shows him looking worried also are we gonna forget this kid is intelligent? this shows communication is important, if the parents butt in, he will always rely on them to tell him whats wrong, plus him being able to resolve this in his own will make him feel hopeful and less clueless towards future interactions
when he initially pushed her away he was grieving. i’m assuming he didn’t realize it was wrong because he reapproached her as if it didn’t happen, as if it wasn’t that big of a deal. he was looking worried because the sister was crying and everyone gathered around to watch, he obviously knew he did something wrong because she was crying, and that’s not fixing the issue. i’m not saying he’s stupid but even the smartest six year old is still a six year old.
and i’m pretty sure we both know that even if children rely on their parents to know right and wrong it obviously does not stay that way, they teach you your core values and you grow with that. for example my parents told me not to hit others and that lesson taught me that violence isn’t the first resort, even if they stepped in now he wouldn’t completely rely on them in the future, he’s a child it makes sense to listen to the adults. i feel like this isn’t something he should have to take care of by himself at his age, if he really knew he did something wrong BEFORE she started crying he wouldn’t have acted the same the entire time
he didn't know something was wrong with the way he acted until she started crying! That's the point, now he knows something's up and if adults just tell him 'oh thatd wrong' he'll just feel like he's being reprimanded without understanding why...
I grew up like this thats why I'm telling you, in this case, its good the parents are watching first before acting. I had to unlearn so much things growing up because I realised in some way, even if parents mean well, children can become reliant on them too much and that can cause social anxiety and lack of independence. They will always unconsciously look for someone to tell them what to do, or how to handle things and they would not be able to recognise social cues beacuse they will be reliant on obvious cues, like someone crying or someone telling them 'this is wrong'. I study psychology and I focus on children and neurodivergency so I know these things and yes they are case by case but in Mikhail's case, its important he realises his actions can lead to someone getting hurt without having outside intervention. Of course if by chance Mikhail does not act or is lost, then the parents can stop observing and guide him
i feel like even when mikai put that stone in her hoodie (i don’t remember what it was specifically) and she fell backwards, i feel like he dosent really understand that something is wrong until the effect happens, similar to the sister crying rn. i do get where you’re coming from and i actually think you’re right after listening to you but i still feel like mikai shouldn’t be the one to soley take the blame with the “fix this yourself” type of thing especially when he didn’t completely realize what he did wrong
i get it, also i was mostly talking about Lara and Mikhail here, as for Sacha, she's an adult so idk why she was being like that but I was mostly talking about Lara and Mikhail. Anyways at the end, we are all entitled to our opinion and yours si valid too! Thanks for having this discussion with me it was quite fun and I learned from your perspective too!
like i get that she’s hurt and all but the “solve it yourself” thing is odd to me, like he already lost his family, he was obviously distant because of that, and he didn’t realize he hurt her. not saying that the sister should just go up and forgive him but they’re both like 6 years old, an adult stepping in wouldn’t isolate them, it would help, THEYRE BOTH SIX YEARS OLD. the sister obviously didn’t understand why her show of kindness wouldn’t be received but the parents intervening would help??? like unless they tell mikai to go and apologize and kiss ass, as long as the adults in the situation handle it well, why blame mikai. HES SIX. i don’t think he understood he overstepped her boundaries and the poor kids obviously troubled, why tell him to fix it himself