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During my upbringing, I had a few complaints about the way my parents raised me, but I liked their handling of information. They did not give me a philosophical or ideological agenda, they simply answered the questions I asked, without restricting me from any information.
The general question is; how much children be told the truth? Is it ever the right thing to lie to a child? Is it right thing to withhold the truth from a child, without outright lying? Should the information a child can access on its own be restricted? Is there a specific age for a child to hear the truth or be able to fathom it?
I'm going to make the radical proposal that a child should receive any and all information that it inquires for, as accurately as it can be done. Keeping the absolute truth or portion of the truth from a child will leave them vulnerable and naive to the harshness and unfairness of the real world.
The general question is; how much children be told the truth? Is it ever the right thing to lie to a child? Is it right thing to withhold the truth from a child, without outright lying? Should the information a child can access on its own be restricted? Is there a specific age for a child to hear the truth or be able to fathom it?
I'm going to make the radical proposal that a child should receive any and all information that it inquires for, as accurately as it can be done. Keeping the absolute truth or portion of the truth from a child will leave them vulnerable and naive to the harshness and unfairness of the real world.