In the land of small children, someone is usually crying, just about to cry or recovering from a cry.
In a way, I’m jealous. Sometimes it just seems better to cry than throw something or yell.
In fact, I think most things a psychologist treats…anger management, fear, alcoholism, etc is just people that would have been better served by being told it was okay to cry. In fact, I hear that is what they tell you during counseling.
But the world frowns on crying.
I don’t know why, though. Some say crying is a show of weakness, but it’s obvious everyone is weak in some area.
We are so conditioned about this that we don’t know when we should or shouldn’t. A loss of a loved one sure, but what about a Reese’s Cup that you left in the car and now it is stuck to the paper? Or dropping a frosted mug full of beer?
It’s somewhere in between (depending on how thirsty you are or how much you like two great tastes that taste great together, I guess) but my point is that most people judge crying appropriateness based on when they would cry or how old the crier happens to be.
I guess this makes everyone an expert.
