{"schema_version":"0.1","canonical":"https://ouroos.net/null-gate#developmental-care","concept":{"status":"architectural_interpretation","universal_claim":false,"version":"0.1","updated":"2026-08-14","slug":"developmental-care","concept":"Developmental care","definition":"Support calibrated to a person's present capacity while protecting their ability to grow beyond it.","common_parse":"Extra guidance or protection during learning and development.","architect_parse":"Scaffolding that becomes less restrictive as competence and context change, without manufacturing permanent dependence.","distinctions":["Temporary support is not permanent incapacity.","Protection is not infantilisation."],"reasoning_path":["Assess current capability without reducing identity to it.","Provide proportional support.","Reassess and return agency as conditions change."],"examples":["A training mode exposes complexity gradually.","A safety interlock explains how to progress."],"counterexamples":["Keeping controls because removal is inconvenient.","Assuming incapacity from a single failed attempt."],"boundaries":["No children’s clothing modifications are accepted.","Support should have visible review points."],"related_concepts":["duty-of-care","protection-without-possession"]}}