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Could these lessons be taught without the negatives here? For example, could Uncle Joe tell the kids about his uncle who said he landed on the moon?
by alanh 15y ago
Could these lessons be taught without the negatives here? For example, could Uncle Joe tell the kids about his uncle who said he landed on the moon?
- cromulent 15y agoI think so. I try to tell my kids the truth, including when I am not sure of my answers and why. However, the point resonated with me, mainly due to my memories of what I believed simply because an adult told me so. I'm a little ahead of my kids in understanding the world, but not so far, and probably in the wrong direction. I try to remember that I need to make my position as clear as my answer.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoWhat's the negative? He's teaching them that not only do you need to call people out when they're wrong, but especially when they have something on the line, or because they might be offended.
- alanh 15y agoI’m not an expert on affect or children, but it does seem kind of mean. That would be the negative: the youth’s possible feeling of betrayal or a negative effect on the relationship with the kid.
- sp332 15y agoAs a kid, it was frustrating to be BSed, but not really to the point of feeling betrayed. There was a big difference in how I felt when someone was just having fun at my expense vs. when they lied to me "for real".
- pavel_lishin 15y agoAt the same time, if you go too far in the opposite direction, you start banning games in school that not everyone can win, everyone starts getting A's, etc. Sometimes life sucks, and children should be carefully exposed to this fact, lest they grow up to be useless little doe-eyed innocents.