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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  2521 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: May 3, 2017

Hypothesis:

When we're younger, our validation is external - what our parents tell us, what our teachers tell us, what our classmates tell us. As we age and gain more responsibility, we not only lose the authorities in superior positions who can validate or criticize us, but our peer group diminishes dramatically.

We grow confident in our own skins because our own internal opinions remain strong while external forces grow weak.