when I was a child, I thought smart people were in charge. when I got older, I realized you didn't have to be smart to be in charge. but the piece that was hardest to learn is that no one is really in charge at all. no one's going to fix it beyond us.
My nana told me(I think I was 5ish) that just b/c someone is an adult it doesn’t mean that they are right or that they know what they are doing. That stuck w/me all my life. Awkward moments w/adults who didn’t like that I knew they were stupid, yes…being saved from some of those people, priceless.
