Results: "SELECTIVE ADOLESCENCE"
AGE IS JUST A NUMBER, BUT MATURITY IS A CHOICE. THIS POLL EXAMINES HOW AND WHY SOME INDIVIDUALS REFUSE TO LEAVE THEIR ADOLESCENCE BEHIND, PREFERRING TO ACT LIKE CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF THEIR AGE.
1.
1.
DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO ACTS THEIR SHOE SIZE, NOT THEIR AGE? YES, PLENTY OF PEOPLE
31%
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300 votes
NO, FORTUNATELY NOT
15%
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148 votes
SOME, UNFORTUNATELY I KNOW A FEW
29%
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277 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
25%
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238 votes
2.
2.
WHAT MAY BE SOME OF THE BEHAVIORS OF A PERSON WHO IS "SELECTIVELY ADOLESCENT"? (PLEASE SELECT ALL THAT APPLY) THROWING TEMPER TANTRUMS WHEN THEY DO NOT GET THEIR WAY
32%
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306 votes
REFUSING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS
40%
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381 votes
GIVING PEOPLE THE "SILENT TREATMENT" INSTEAD OF TALKING IT OUT
23%
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224 votes
EXPECTING OTHERS TO CONSTANTLY CLEAN UP OR DO THINGS FOR THEM
29%
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280 votes
SULKING, WHINING, OR POUTING, EVEN USING PROFANITY WHEN CONFRONTED
28%
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273 votes
OTHER - I WILL SAY IN THE COMMENTS
2%
•
17 votes
ALL OF THE ABOVE
26%
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250 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
25%
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245 votes
3.
3.
IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS SELECTIVELY ADOLESCENT...DO YOU FIND IT FRUSTRATING TO DEAL WITH AN ADULT WHO REFUSES TO GROW UP? YES, IT'S EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING
35%
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339 votes
NO, I HAVE PATIENCE TO SPARE
6%
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54 votes
SOMETIMES, IT CAN BE A BIT MUCH
22%
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208 votes
I DO NOT KNOW ANYONE WHO ACTS THAT WAY
8%
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80 votes
OTHER - I WILL SHARE IN THE COMMENTS
2%
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17 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
28%
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265 votes
4.
4.
WHAT, IF ANYTHING, CAN BE DONE TO HELP SUCH PEOPLE? TALK TO THEM GENTLY/OFFER CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK
7%
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69 votes
SET FIRM BOUNDARIES/REFUSE TO ENABLE THEIR BEHAVIOR
14%
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138 votes
LET THEM FACE THE NATURAL CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS
18%
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174 votes
NOTHING - IF THEY HAVEN'T LEARNED BY NOW/GROWTH CANNOT BE FORCED
21%
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198 votes
OTHER - I WILL SHARE IN THE COMMENTS
2%
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16 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
27%
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260 votes
PRAY, PRAY, PRAY FOR THEM
11%
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108 votes
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