• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Any obligations you feel to do the thing is entirely caused by your own insecurities.

    All children have a natural inclination to imitate their parents. It’s a basic instinct of childhood development.

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        21 days ago

        The comic is depicting a mother and daughter. No ages are given.

        The daughter is artistically portrayed as smaller and more child-like than the mother, though. So consider that, from a psychological perspective.

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          21 days ago

          The daughter references the mother visiting her, indicating she is living alone. That’s a somewhat decent indicator for adulthood, at least in most cultures.

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      20 days ago

      Allistic children have this instinct