Cultural Universals are said to exist, but it is hard to determine if they really do. I think that they definitely do with children though and that children in all cultures need to be the focus of studies.
The Bible states that we should have faith like children and I have always been glad that Jesus said that on His Sermon on the Mount. Children act without reserves until a certain age where culture sits in and behaviors are implied and we forget the innocence that was once there.
A child of a different culture will still understand when I kick a ball that I want to play, when I start clapping my hands that I want to play patty cake and other hand games, and when I blow bubbles its fun to chase them. Kids do not need to be taught that and they will not look at you and wonder what you are doing. They are genuine and we need to find that quality again in adults.
Adults worry too much about what other people think and how their actions are going to be perceived. As a girl I am not even allowed to make eye contact with a man in the Middle East because of my gender, but to me I just want to be friendly. Kids, well they can get away with it because they do not have negative feeligns like they assume I do.
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