I think religions are false, but don't think it's necessary or healthy to insulate chn from conflicting views.
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@omnissiuntone Also age is relevant. My daughter 6 when told God flooded the world killing everyone, still existed & was watching her.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@omnissiuntone Asked school to make sure stories were age-appropriate & to try to avoid presenting genocide as a good thing.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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And yet most kids aren't traumatised by the story of Noah's ark.
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Its almost more worrying if kids aren't traumatised by Noah's Ark. Accepting genocide is OK if God's will? Taught in schools?
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TBF, kids love violence and death in stories. Just look at most nursery rhymes, stories and stuff by Roald Dahl.
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Yes. Headmistress said she'd have to learn abt Tudors. She loved it. 1/2
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The difference was that she wasn't told that Mary Tudor was still alive & watching everything she did.
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We only kept her out for half a year. The GP referred her to a counsellor for the panic attacks & insomnia.
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We showed her how many gods & weird beliefs there were &she stopped believing. Then she wasn't scared anymore
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This when I met others whose kids also frightened by violent stories presented as true & began opposing it.
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She loves RE now & this needn't have happened if they'd made it age appropriate & not presented it as true.
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