Why is it easier for most adults to hold their urine, than for children?
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Everything is easier for adults. Humans are complex creatures, and the learning curve is pretty damn steep compared to other animals. It takes time, experience and practice to learn how to read your body’s signals, and control your actions according to them. It’s not just bladder control; kids fucking suck at controlling their bodies lol. This is even more obvious to me since I got kids of my own. They can’t do *anything* physically demanding. It’s not really because their muscles are weak, but because they can’t coordinate their muscles.
For example, when a young child tries to lift something heavy, they’ll just strain every muscle in every direction. The net effect of that often ends up being zero, because they’re activating as many antagonistic muscles as they are activating agonistic muscles. They basically just become stiff and fall over haha.
This is also apparent when people with no prior experience start weightlifting. They’ll see *massive* strength gains in the first few months. This isn’t mostly because their muscles are getting significantly stronger, but because they are quickly learning how to actually coordinate their muscles to all move in the same direction.
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