So, iirc, bluedot is uni lecturer, and many others here also have children of their own, so let's get this thread going, since most if not all of us probably plan on having children one day, and its better to be knowledgable and safe than ignorant and sorry.
So yeah. Just curious what age you guys think is the best age to have "the talk" with kids? Like i don't mean the birds and the bees talk, but a more in depth discussion about philosophy and motivations in life n shit.
Like just say you teach them not to talk to strangers, with the reasoning of "they are bad people". When is a good age to teach them to be able to tell for themselves if a person is good or bad based on what they say/do etc?
I want to teach my kids to analyse and be critical of everyone and everything, ie basically to have critical thinking skills and be able to analyse and learn something themselves, even if they aren't taught by anyone. Basically I want them to be able to teach/learn themselves through their own research and critical thinking skills as early as possible, and what are the possible risks of educating them about the wicked ways and truths of the world?
If I teach them how to use computer and surf internet at say 8 years old; is that too young for me to let him run free on the internet and explain everything to him truthfully without any lies or censorship? If he wants to look at gore or pron, I will let him. I'll watch over him or course and monitor him, but I will let him do what he wants and let him go where ever his interests lie. I'll just put disclaimers and do explanations afterwards.
I will obviously have to teach him how to suss out fake news, emotional propaganda manipulation, how to sort out good/useful information from the 99% of agenda driven trash online, teach him all the logical fallacies and all that shiznit since like I said I just want to give him the most basic tools and let him learn himself asap.
Another dilemma is whether or not you should even educate your kids properly, because ignorance IS BLISS, and as parents, shouldn't we let kids keep their dumb innocence and enjoy childhood? Following that same logic, why shouldn't we also be dumb and enjoy our adult lives? If kids are "damaged" by knowledge of the world, then why aren't we adults also damaged? If kids are better off ignorant and not knowing, then why aren't we also?
So yeah. Is it even a good idea to teach your kids the honest truths, or would it be better to let them discover how fucked up adulthood and the world is on their own? But then isn't that also failing to properly teach and prepare your kids sufficiently to face the world as an adult later?
I guess there's no right or wrong, but if you guys know of some studies that backs up shit like "will damage kids if you take away their naive ignorant innocence" at too young an age?
What do you guys think? Is it damaging to kids to teach them the truths of the world too early? Or would having such knowledge at younger age allow them to navigate adulthood/life better later on?
Anyone read up or knowledgable about young child development? Or how diff shit affects their brain or anything like that by doing diff shit?
Would I "damage" my kid if I taught him religion is all bullshit from as young as he can even comprehend what god or religion means? Like in the same way that Father Christmas or all that shit is fake? I will probably not care about white lies like Father Christmas, but it's religious indoctrination and making them have lifelong fear/trauma of made up shit like hell or vengeful crazy god etc that I care about and will tell the truth about, and teach them proper morals rather than just scaring them into it with religious lies/threats.
So yeah. Just curious what age you guys think is the best age to have "the talk" with kids? Like i don't mean the birds and the bees talk, but a more in depth discussion about philosophy and motivations in life n shit.
Like just say you teach them not to talk to strangers, with the reasoning of "they are bad people". When is a good age to teach them to be able to tell for themselves if a person is good or bad based on what they say/do etc?
I want to teach my kids to analyse and be critical of everyone and everything, ie basically to have critical thinking skills and be able to analyse and learn something themselves, even if they aren't taught by anyone. Basically I want them to be able to teach/learn themselves through their own research and critical thinking skills as early as possible, and what are the possible risks of educating them about the wicked ways and truths of the world?
If I teach them how to use computer and surf internet at say 8 years old; is that too young for me to let him run free on the internet and explain everything to him truthfully without any lies or censorship? If he wants to look at gore or pron, I will let him. I'll watch over him or course and monitor him, but I will let him do what he wants and let him go where ever his interests lie. I'll just put disclaimers and do explanations afterwards.
I will obviously have to teach him how to suss out fake news, emotional propaganda manipulation, how to sort out good/useful information from the 99% of agenda driven trash online, teach him all the logical fallacies and all that shiznit since like I said I just want to give him the most basic tools and let him learn himself asap.
Another dilemma is whether or not you should even educate your kids properly, because ignorance IS BLISS, and as parents, shouldn't we let kids keep their dumb innocence and enjoy childhood? Following that same logic, why shouldn't we also be dumb and enjoy our adult lives? If kids are "damaged" by knowledge of the world, then why aren't we adults also damaged? If kids are better off ignorant and not knowing, then why aren't we also?
So yeah. Is it even a good idea to teach your kids the honest truths, or would it be better to let them discover how fucked up adulthood and the world is on their own? But then isn't that also failing to properly teach and prepare your kids sufficiently to face the world as an adult later?
I guess there's no right or wrong, but if you guys know of some studies that backs up shit like "will damage kids if you take away their naive ignorant innocence" at too young an age?
What do you guys think? Is it damaging to kids to teach them the truths of the world too early? Or would having such knowledge at younger age allow them to navigate adulthood/life better later on?
Anyone read up or knowledgable about young child development? Or how diff shit affects their brain or anything like that by doing diff shit?
Would I "damage" my kid if I taught him religion is all bullshit from as young as he can even comprehend what god or religion means? Like in the same way that Father Christmas or all that shit is fake? I will probably not care about white lies like Father Christmas, but it's religious indoctrination and making them have lifelong fear/trauma of made up shit like hell or vengeful crazy god etc that I care about and will tell the truth about, and teach them proper morals rather than just scaring them into it with religious lies/threats.