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Children are natural optimists – which comes with psychological pros and cons

  • Written by Janet J. Boseovski, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Little kids have a tendency to look on the bright side.Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock.com

You might hesitate to make a character judgment about someone based on a first encounter. Most adults would probably want to see how a stranger acts in several different circumstances, to decide whether someone new is nice, mean or trustworthy.

Young children are...

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