Ultramarine
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Thats...not what I meant. And I actually strongly disagree. I was talking about actual violence and "grown up things" for lack of three better words.
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Thats...not what I meant. And I actually strongly disagree. I was talking about actual violence and "grown up things" for lack of three better words.
Tell a child not to touch a hot *stove* and the child will inevitably do just that.
Yep, sorry. It's early and my keyboard surely was rearranging the letters on me. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Human beings, by and large, learn by doing. And because of that we can get ourselves into all sorts of trouble. Thankfully, though, most of us do learn from our mistakes.
I am a person who is strictly against shielding children from life, and all that that entails. By sheltering our children we rob them of valuable lessons that will help prepare them for the time when they go out into the world themselves as adults. We see what happens when parents try to shield their kids from subjects like human sexuality. We end up with young adults, and often children in their early teens, engaging in risky activities that leads to life-changing consequences.
So ... you'd rather throw out a bunch of 18 year old kids, into society, with no knowledge about violence and adult themes and then expect them to not get into trouble? Or better, tell them simply "don't do it" then expect them not to do it behind your back when they encounter it in the real world. Yeah, smart.
While this may mostly be the case, I was shielded from it, by my own choice when I was younger, because my 9 year old mind thought it was "gross." By not being told, I kept the general point of view for the rest of my life. And what? I have nothing to do with anything having to do with the topic. If you tell them how bad it is, and the consequences, that should be enough, if they are smart enough.Yep, sorry. It's early and my keyboard surely was rearranging the letters on me. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Human beings, by and large, learn by doing. And because of that we can get ourselves into all sorts of trouble. Thankfully, though, most of us do learn from our mistakes.
I am a person who is strictly against shielding children from life, and all that that entails. By sheltering our children we rob them of valuable lessons that will help prepare them for the time when they go out into the world themselves as adults. We see what happens when parents try to shield their kids from subjects like human sexuality. We end up with young adults, and often children in their early teens, engaging in risky activities that leads to life-changing consequences.
I'd guess it would be the strictly religious families who don't want their kids exposed to secular/pagan/etc.
From my own personal experience it's the very religious among people who tend to want to shelter their kids from anything scary or just anything about the world. I had neighbors who wouldn't let their kids watch The Lion King because, well, I don't know exactly why, but they were certainly old enough that I wondered.