Tell a kid like Jeff that he's the stupidest kid in (insert
name of town, here) enough times, and he'll believe it. He'll
become every bit as self-critical as you've been critical of him.
In other words, he'll internalize the experience of being told
that he's stupid. Internalization is the process by which we ab-
sorb and take inside ourselves aspects of our external environ-
ments. Such as a parent's constant
— Dec 26, 2025 11:15PM
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