I found out recently that it’s a neurodivergent trauma response to believe if people understood the impact of their actions they’d change their behaviour and it explains a lot.
People with autism & ADHD age late. We do things late. Our frontal lobe doesn’t develop until our mid 30s in many cases (as opposed to the neurotypical norm of age 25). We also have baby faces & childlike mannerisms for life while somehow possessing the wisdom of an ancient sage.