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Originally posted by Sly_RJ
We might as well teach a bunch of 6 year olds about prostitution, rape, molestation, teen pregnancy, religious zealots, war, pornography, excessive drug use, alcoholism, corrupt politicians, corrupt people, etc, etc, etc... eh?
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You're posting this in reply to a post about educating children on "where babies come from". Does that mean you consider human biology something utterly vile and disgusting?
Aside from that, if children ask about bad things, I think the best thing to do is give them a very simple, non-explicit explanation, instead of lying to them and preventing them from learning anything about life before they get the chance to experience it themselves without knowing what it is.
Hell, I'd much rather have my children know that there are bad people who do bad things to children than have them take candy from a stranger and get raped and murdered.
But maybe I'm just being silly... maybe you should just keep the truth from children for as long as possible, and just explain the birds and bees to them when they're 15 and sitting in an abortion clinic waiting for their turn.
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Originally posted by Sly_RJ
There's a time and a place for everything. Allowing your 6 year old to believe in Santa is not killing anyone. You've obviously never seen the look on a little kids face on Christmas Eve when he sneaks into bed early in hopes of waking up to presents the next morning.
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Yeah, I guess you're right. It's much better for children to be lied to so they believe some complete stranger gives them presents while their parents give them nothing, than telling them the truth and explaining that their parents are giving them presents because they love them very much and are very happy that they're there.