Normal Child vs INFJ Child

INFJ Kids be like... (comedy sketch)

Are INFJ children different than regular kids? What INFJ things do INFJ children do? Are they old souls? Or are they just odd?

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[FrankJames]

Anyone else start worrying about college majors at the age of 6? ... Just me?

[orionspur]

The INFJ defining moment is when we realize adults are just large children.

[imMittensKitten]

"Outside? But I went outside three days ago!" yeah that's my reaction too 😔

[ne]

As an INFJ kid, i read my mum's parenting books to make sure I wasn't falling behind on growing up. i actually made a plan to run away from home, not because there was anything wrong at home, but because i thought it would be an essential developmental experience for me as a teenager 🙃

[amandabridget]

You forgot playing counselor to the adults in your life... Why did we think that was our responsibility?

[christian-ze]

My INFJ childhood weirdness:

At 3, I realized grownups didn’t remember being toddlers.

So every night, before bed, I remembered my toddlerhood memories like flash cards. I was so careful to be accurate.

I am almost 50. I still remember learning to walk. I remember sitting in my high chair and crying because I couldn’t talk. It worked!

[theblueheart]

"go outside? but i went outside 3 days ago! and im still recovering from that experience"

you had zero reasons to call me out like that mr frank

[irienerd]

INJT and INFJ children are short adults, but no one listens to us because we are kids. You don't know how many times I heard people say "The kid told you this would happen..." 😂

[los-lobos]

“I’m playing up a conversation in my mind”
INFJ’s Mum: and here we go again

[ThatsaTechnicalFoul]

This made me feel less weird about the kinda kid I was. My mom says I was never a real child. I do recall several conversations we had when I was young where I told her, “I don’t like kids. They’re slow. Why are they always yelling and doing dumb things?”

Years later when she told me in a few years, I’d be a teenager, I simply replied, “No. I’ll never be one of them.” 😊 I remember the frustration of being a minor and thus, lacking the autonomy to pick my own environment. I thought I just couldn’t stand other people but once I moved out, I realized I was mostly being forced to spend time with the kinda people who caused me stress.

I think all INFJs need to carefully craft our environments in order to actually feel like we are in balance.

[sw]

Parent: what was the best part of spending time with your “friends?”
INFJ Kid: when you picked me up so I could leave

[nataliegivan]

As a child, I noticed more and it bothered me more when adults did unfair things. For instance, in 3rd grade a substitute teacher made us lose 5 minutes of recess if we asked to use the bathroom.

[amandabridget]

My favorite was the swings. I could swing the whole recess without anyone bothering me OR anyone thinking I wasn't playing. My other main option was sitting with the teacher and talking. Kids were not my style. 😂

[romyaakovyan]

The built-in conversation simulator is such a great thing! I can talk to anyone and kniw what they would tell me without saying things out loud and burdening people with my issues! Well, except that the more I use it the more I disconnect from the sensible world and I start imagine people different than they truly are. So don't linger too much in your Ni and go externalize thing with Fe&Se or there would be consequenses 😅

[SanoSanchos]

1:12 Worrying about further education when you're young is so true 😅
Once at school, someone stole my classmate's mobile phone. The police came and threatened us that if the phone was not returned to the owner, the police would write “thief” in every student's file, and we would not be accepted to college with such a record. Afterward, I cried while my friends comforted me, because I thought my life was over at that point. I remember the feeling of terrible injustice, because some unscrupulous student had deprived me of my future. I was 10 years old 😂😂😂

[feelstora]

The last one with the conversation inside INFJ child's head, so accurate. I'm still having it 😅😂

[fellowvk]

As an INFJ, if somebody from my family asked me to do something, I would happily and confusingly go along! This is too real while you grow up 🙃

[mydailyangel]

INFJ's were different as children in the late 60's, early 70's- so I could only resonate a little. never truly a "child" for sure, and responsible for fixing everyone.

[StephanieJeanne]

Helping our parents get more time...that was good! I became acutely aware of time going faster when I was 9 or 10!I love the part about playing "near" the other kids on the playground, so your mom will think you have friends. We were definitely "strange" kids, and some of us are still "strange." 🤣 Thanks, Frank.

[brendaweltner]

Love the last one...playing out the whole conversation in my head. Yup. Sounds about right.