IME: highschool aged kids are genuinely (in general) kinder and better at being kind and supportive than tweens are, again mostly because they have a better capacity for it (and some more experience dealing with more adult levels of emotional overwhelm). I can't give you cites off the top of my head, but I also know from my reading/researching experience that this is supported by the literature. (And my anecdotal and observed experience as a tween/someone who worked with tweens/watched other people go through the period vs as a teenager/close to people who work a lot with teenagers, including teens in really hard situations.)
Second, while I can't speak for anyone else, I know any tone that might resemble that from me is less that and more wry commiseration? Less "hahah never sleep again!!!" and more "ahaha yeah welcome to babies trying to figure out sleep patterns, it's so much fun, not" - wherein if the LW were HERE, this would be followed up with "and okay here are some things that may or may not help, and this is the point where you need to go seek professional help", (along with a WHOLE RAFT of clarifying questions) except LW isn't here, so it stops at the wry recognition of HAHAH OH YEAH THAT RIGHT. And also facepalming at Prudie because it really does read from her like the equivalent of "wait, you're telling me babies DON'T SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT? Madness! Well I guess everything is POSSIBLE . . . "
So I see what you mean, but for me at least, and for my reading of it, it's one step off to the side from that. *hands*
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IME: highschool aged kids are genuinely (in general) kinder and better at being kind and supportive than tweens are, again mostly because they have a better capacity for it (and some more experience dealing with more adult levels of emotional overwhelm). I can't give you cites off the top of my head, but I also know from my reading/researching experience that this is supported by the literature. (And my anecdotal and observed experience as a tween/someone who worked with tweens/watched other people go through the period vs as a teenager/close to people who work a lot with teenagers, including teens in really hard situations.)
Second, while I can't speak for anyone else, I know any tone that might resemble that from me is less that and more wry commiseration? Less "hahah never sleep again!!!" and more "ahaha yeah welcome to babies trying to figure out sleep patterns, it's so much fun, not" - wherein if the LW were HERE, this would be followed up with "and okay here are some things that may or may not help, and this is the point where you need to go seek professional help", (along with a WHOLE RAFT of clarifying questions) except LW isn't here, so it stops at the wry recognition of HAHAH OH YEAH THAT RIGHT. And also facepalming at Prudie because it really does read from her like the equivalent of "wait, you're telling me babies DON'T SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT? Madness! Well I guess everything is POSSIBLE . . . "
So I see what you mean, but for me at least, and for my reading of it, it's one step off to the side from that. *hands*