How to teach a child? (page 2)

GapingMouth

Well PP, its not always easy but we get on with most other things and we do love each other. Its not so easy to say to family, especially your wife, goodbye and thank you very much. Also, as the point of this thread shows, I have a daughter and if I were not around 1. She would be brainwashed easily 2. I couldn't stand not seeing her every day!

yknot

Well I am a Xian.....

.....but.....

Childern learn from repetition

Your wife is teaching associative repetition in regards to 'God Made'.

You can use the same method to insert science..... so for you instead of 'God made' made lady bugs, you would says lady bugs are coccinellidae, the are part of the beetle family and some other associative facts like there are 5000 different types of coccinellidaes (or lady bugs) worldwide and 400 found here in North America...

When she 'evolves' to discussing religion you can assert 'Daddy doesn't believe in God, that is called Atheism', "Daddy believes in evolution, evolutions is when.... and you word the definition in age-appropriate manner"

Here are some books...