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May 20, 2025- by Steven Greer, MD
The phrase we use in human child raising of “they grow up so fast” is familiar to us all. It is as if we do not notice children growing from about age 7 to 18. I think there is an evolutionary reason for that.
In March, I took many pictures and was very interested in the the newly hatched birds in my backyard. They were clearly young and had different feathers. However, over the last month or two, I have not paid any attention.
Today, I realized as I was having my breakfast that numerous species of birds now have their juveniles with them and they are nearly adults. I had that “they grow up so fast” feeling.
I think we stop paying attention after young animals become juveniles. It is probably evolutionary. Parents need to take more care of very young offspring. Once they become juveniles, they are self-sufficient and we pay less attention. We are programmed to care for the very young and to ignore the adolescent ages.