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Parenting and Santa Claus (pg. 11)
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| Desiderata |
Interesting... but to deny yourself a pleasure (if it is a pleasure of a person) to have a child to save the Earth for other peoples children is odd. There soon will be a need to limit how many children a person can have though. |
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| Kylle |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vivid Boy
Isn't there an atheism forum on the net somewhere you can all join |
You should join. You love debating atheism |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
I think it's a very fair analogy to compare children believing in the literalism of Santa, to Adults believing in the literalism of religion.
So the question goes back to, should you be teaching your children to believe in nonsensical things from an early age? Or is it best to teach them the symbolism of Santa instead. Analogous to how the sane people in today's world take the symbolism instead of literalism in religion. What type of ethical thinking should we be ingraining in our children?
/back to topic
edit: this has nothing to do with atheism. |
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| srussell0018 |
| I think teaching them the literalism is fine, and then letting them figure it out for themselves. Much like I think teaching religion to children is fine, and then letting them choose for themselves once they've reached "that" age. |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
I think teaching them the literalism is fine, and then letting them figure it out for themselves. Much like I think teaching religion to children is fine, and then letting them choose for themselves once they've reached "that" age. |
My point is that a good portion of people never grow out of the literalism of religion. So teaching them the right thing in the first place would avoid the misguidance all together. IE, why should we be tricking our children in the first place? |
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| srussell0018 |
I've always thought intrinsic learning is more effective with things of that matter.
Why not explain to them that babies are conceived through sexual intercourse and are pushed from their mothers' vaginas?
Or that we are all going to die?
Or that the earth is going to be consumed by our sun when it turns into a red giant?
Because they're not ready for that kind of information. |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
You do make a very valid point. But alternatively, you can slightly sugar coat all those facts (ie not be too specific on the details) without grossly embellishing them to the point that they are complete fallacies.
But then again, what do i know about parenting. Probably the latter is the more effective route and that is why it's been a consistent habit of parents. |
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| Vivid Boy |
| Sounds to me like a lot of people have daddy and mommy issues on this forum |
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| Kylle |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
I think teaching religion to children is fine |
It's fine if you teach them about all religions instead of indoctrinating them into one religion. |
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| Desiderata |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
I've always thought intrinsic learning is more effective with things of that matter.
Why not explain to them that babies are conceived through sexual intercourse and are pushed from their mothers' vaginas?
Or that we are all going to die?
Or that the earth is going to be consumed by our sun when it turns into a red giant?
Because they're not ready for that kind of information. |
At what age are we talking about? |
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| Kylle |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
should you be teaching your children to believe in nonsensical things from an early age? |
Depends on what it is. Believing in santa literally as a child causes no harm. If anything it's fun and exiting for kids to believe in santa |
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