08-09-2012, 04:19 PM
(08-09-2012, 04:13 PM)pspence Wrote: [quote='Riotgear' pid='276312' dateline='1344482975']
I've seen children at funeral pyres along the Ganges. They didn't seem scarred for life.
Call me crazy but maybe it's a good idea to abolish fear with familiarity. Fight superstition and ignorance with information or some such shit. Keep children rooted in their own humanity by allowing them to see and experience all of life. Including death.
Keeping children from real things casts a murky shadow that encourages the growth fear.
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That's how I've always tried to approach it
The alternative is the possibility that our kids someday determine we're full of shit. Then any opportunity to teach or guide somewhere down the road goes out the window. Anyone who's been on either side of that kind of situation knows it's something to be avoided.