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JAKARTA - Interesting discussion rolling on Twitter. This time the opinion that emerged was "normalization of people who don't like small children." Yes, whatever. But if big children may not like small children, does that right apply the other way around? After all, admit it, however, big kids are definitely more annoying, even more dangerous for little kids.

This discussion stems from the @gevantgrady tweet. According to him, not everyone is able to be patient with small children with their various behaviors, including hearing annoying screams. This opinion has pros and cons.

The @UlarNegeri account responded, "Grow up!"

"I don't like kids either but why bother to normalize the hatred?" write the account @satunatives.

Another account @upeastern32 wrote, "This is me except for my own nephew. I literally don't care about other children that has no relation to me."

The account @littlesonmama said, "This is a public discourse, chill bro."

Of course this is an interesting discussion. What @gevantgrady and his friends share is also reality. Many people do not like small children. Specifically in the context of uncomfortable because of the noise, this is normal.

Child psychologist Ratih Zulhaqqi explains that there are many factors that cause discomfort for someone to be near noisy children. "I take cases from my clients, usually the background is sensory problems," he said, quoted by Detik, Tuesday, January 4.

The sensory system is a system that delivers stimuli from receptors to the center of the brain. With a stimulus, the sensory system transmits information to the part of the brain that functions to process information.

Humans themselves have seven sensory systems, ranging from touch, balance, movement between joints, sight, taste, smell, and hearing. In the process, the sensory system works to receive stimuli from the internal or external environment.

"So when it comes to a child screaming, it's like the sensory auditory (hearing) can't take the child's screams and disturbs him."

"So when there is a stimulus, namely the cry of a child, the brain immediately translates it as something unpleasant."

When the brain interprets the noise from a child as unpleasant, that's where the receptors in the brain center become unbalanced or balanced. "(When it's out of balance) there's a feeling of liking or disliking," added Ratih.

What if this logic was reversed?