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The Concealed Expense of Skipping Key Stages of Development

7 min · 5 de jul de 2026
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Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://www.theschooloflife.com/the-school-of-life-youtube/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=The%20Stages%20of%20Development%20-%20and%20what%20if%20we%20miss%20out%20on%20one… Learn, heal and grow. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://www.theschooloflife.com/signup/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=The%20Stages%20of%20Development%20-%20and%20what%20if%20we%20miss%20out%20on%20one%E2%80%A6 FURTHER READING You can read more on this and other subjects in our articles, here: https://www.theschooloflife.com/article/the-stages-of-development-and-what-if-we-miss-out-on-one/#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20stranger%20aspects,to%20finish%20the%20stage%2C%20even?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=The%20Stages%20of%20Development%20-%20and%20what%20if%20we%20miss%20out%20on%20one%E2%80%A6 “One of the stranger aspects of the way we’re built is that we need to go through a number of stages of development in childhood and adolescence in order to reach maturity – and if for whatever reason we miss out on any one of them, then a part of us will in the background be craving to return to finish the stage, even if it is one normally associated with being a toddler and we happen to be well into middle age…” MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Watch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLself SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: X: https://x.com/TheSchoolOfLife/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theschooloflife?lang=en CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Deanca Rensyta https://www.deancarensyta.com/ Title animation produced in collaboration with Graeme Probert www.gpmotion.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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