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From: saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.kids
Subject: Re: Religious Brainwashing of Children
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Date: Sun, 29-Jul-84 16:34:26 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 29 16:34:26 1984
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From Jeff Forys

>I think it's easier to explain to children the difference between right and
>wrong using religion.  For example, which would a child be more likely to
>understand:
>             1)  Don't do that because it isn't socially acceptable.
>             2)  Don't do that because god will get mad and...
>
>And for all those who say this belongs in net.religion, what can I say, 
>you're right and I beg your forgiveness.

How about
3) "Don't do this because you might hurt someone, see if a person came up to you
and did ....  how would you feel about that?  wouldn't that hurt you?"  etc...

or if you don't really believe in society's standards but you don't want your
child to get hurt:
4) "there are some people who don't like it when other people do ....  It's not
always easy to understand why, but they might get very upset if you do this, and
as they are bigger than you, they might hurt you if you do it"  (more or less
sophisticated depending on the age of the child of course).

Children might be more ignorant than adults, but they are certainly not stupid
and are usually very interested in having things explained to them, so why not
do it?  it's not that hard.

Sophie Quigley
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