Some kids are unmistakably, definetly, deliberately irritating

 I have a 2nd part time job and it's summer camp counsellor.

The main finding after trying to co-exist with thoes little things after 2 days for 4 hours per day is that:

thoes little hell spawns lack empathy because their brain is barely developed.

Despite my harsh wording, it is entirely true.

The brain 101: The early activation of Amygdala of the brain makes kids prone to instatnt gratification and without any thought for the outcome OR how it affects others. (Because the frontal lobe responsible for critical thinking isn't developed yet.)

And MAYBE one of thoes outcomes might be driving your minimum-wage camp counsellor insane, little william.

Anyways, aside from sheer annoyingness, theres also this thought in my mind that "why are kids like a WHOLE different breed of humans?"

Let me be clear, i know that kids can be nice and understanding, i've met them before. But some kids at the camp, it's like talking to a wall. I don't know what drives them in their little goblin heads and they don't know i'm about to commit cannibalism.

Jokes aside, i've figured out that they're just too young to understand empathy of any sort. Like if i told you to shut your mouth right now because i hate talking over people, any decent human being would. Because of empathy and etiquette and im pissed af, and you would know im mad through my tone, body language and word choice.

But any of thoes social etiquettes i'm used to being sheltered under is gone. No one besides my coworkers care about how i feel and i underestimated the effects of that.

Some may find kids cute that way, always thinking out of the box that we're used to. But i do not in the very least, the box is there to keep me sane.