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I'm okay with this request for citation.

Having spent a lot of time around kids, I have a completely different view.

Most everyone is born a genius angel with unbounded potential, which is too often beat out of them by cruel parents, vicious peers, and an uncaring society.

YMMV.

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> I'm okay with this request for citation.

The [citation needed] is needlessly irritating to a number of people.

When I'm trying to catch your attention I can clear my throat and say "oh, hey, specialist", or I can jab you in the ribs.

A few people see [citation needed] as a jab in the ribs.

I have three kids of my own, and I can tell you that everyone is not "born a genius angel with unbounded potential". It's more like everyone is born with a unique set of character traits, mental abilities, and inclinations -- we're all different. But, in every case, training and discipline must be applied in order to cultivate those natural traits into something resembling civilization. Without that, I can assure you, children tend naturally toward savagery.

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