Natural Debriefers.

The group of children drops their stand up paddle boards and runs to the grass to towel off.

Each competes with the other to describe their experience on the water. ‘I was about to stand and then this small wave unbalanced me and I went in!’ ‘I couldn’t stand and hold my paddle!’ ‘I almost stood, but slipped!’ Each is breathless in their excitement to share how their experience was different or the same as the other children in the group. Everyone eagerly listens.

Over the age of two when they’ve overcome their selfish stage, children and young people are natural debriefers. They spontaneously, and eagerly share and compare with their peers and sometimes adults perceptions of what happened to them during an activity.

Until we become adults, and revert to being selfish, petulant toddlers.