Mystiriel
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~George Carlin
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Sep 15, 2025 10:10 AM
Mystiriel
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~George Carlin
@Humanity&Peace
Stefnos
but teach them to read first, otherwise they wont be abel to read
smallteam
StillAKidAtHeart
Why did I read this?
Sulexar
Everyone who thinks school didn't teach them how to do taxes needs to read this. Except they won't understand it.
Skuggen
Then, spend the next 10 years regretting teaching your kids to question everything without adding "except when I tell you to do something".
Slugsie
I mean, yes, sure. But you'll quickly become very tired of constant "Why? Why? Why?" which will result.
FiftyShadesOfBroccoli
Children do this naturally in my experience. We're all born with curious and skeptic minds, and most people have these traits conditioned out of them with exasperated "because I say so"-s
skipweasel
Oddly that was one of the bits I really enjoyed about having kids.
glovelyday
And to think critically. But to do that, give them a firm base of historical knowledge, one as objective and truthful as possible, not the false narratives some would prefer.
mayoradamwest12
All history (all humanity?) has perspective. No history is pure objective fact because, at minimum, it has the inherent authors take. The author must pick and choose which events to highlight, and which to ignore or place less value on. This is simply the best anyone can do.
glovelyday
Obviously. That is why I said "as objective...as possible". There's a vast difference between perspective and cant.
mayoradamwest12
Might be obvious to you, but I don’t think anyone should assume it’s obvious to everyone
SwissScars
Teach them to read, then teach them to retain facts, then teach them to research facts, then teach them to question both the research and the facts, then give them a day off.
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
So, what you doing?
SwissScars
Next Monday is my Son's 28th birthday - he's doing his MSc in Neuroscience in Zurich. Tuesday is my Daughter's 31st birthday - Downs Syndrome provided a different challenge.
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Which is nice