06-05-2006, 01:10 PM
Quote:Good one. :lol: When you have children, some day in the far future, it is well to remember that children in the early developmental stage benefit from structure and consistency. As they grow, the structure can flex, but a sense of security is very handy in considering a great number of things in absolutes. Where that is based from, and how it is taught to them by you and your future wife, the source of "right from wrong" themes, is up to you. As they flesh out their reasoning skills, they can learn how gray the world really is. How quickly they can arrive at this stage is again up to you, and what you endorse. Likewise, what you expose them to, and what they are exposed to beyond your immediate control.
Be prepared to do a lot of explaining, and if you find yourself in the situation I have frequently been in -- I don't really know -- hit the Encyclopedia, the Bible, the Dictionary, or a well grounded web page, to back up your explanation.
Whatever you do, don't trust what they are taught in school. The curricula in public schools has been used as source of indoctrination for some time now, perhaps forever, and may well be at odds with where you are coming from.
Best of luck when that happens. To sum up, the right from wrong comes from what you teach them, and what you endorse.
(MEAT) The Ten Commandments give people knowledge of right and wrong. Let's post it on walls for the sake of people whose parents aren't teaching them.
(Lemmy) Won't help. People who can read already have that knowledge despite bad parents, even if they don't act as if they do.
(MEAT) What about teaching communications in schools? That's what really made me stop and think.
(Lemmy) That's a damn fine idea.
(Occhi) Lecture, lecture. Parents give knowledge of right and wrong.
*pats Occhi on the head and gives him a Coffeebone™*
-Lemmy