Tag: child

The young human. In principle, there are animal children too, but these are often called something else, such as duckling or cob, kitty, puppy, etc. – whatever, such a child is not just the outer body, and, in reality, not only the young one. We all, no matter the age, still have that child inside. And Kate Bush was singing about the man with the child in his eyes, so that’s also a possibility. We use “child” in situations where we want to talk about naivety, vulnerability, and various other weaknesses. So, a child is weak. The weak version of a human.