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WHAT IF WE DIDN'T POISON CHILDREN'S MINDS WITH FANTASY?

by Terry in

every baby born seems to have a giant helping of fairy stories, talking animals, outrageous exaggerations parading as "fact" and an endless stream of cartoons, science fiction and make-believe.

the laws of nature and physics are violated every few seconds in film and tv!

is it surprising that children are not only ignorant of how things really work-but, they don't have patience and an appetite for fact when they get to the schoolroom.

Mac

Christ.....really...let's just all have Jello........

and ya know there's always room...

*tickles everybody and hides behind the mold!*

mac

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WHAT IF WE DIDN'T POISON CHILDREN'S MINDS WITH FANTASY?

by Terry in

every baby born seems to have a giant helping of fairy stories, talking animals, outrageous exaggerations parading as "fact" and an endless stream of cartoons, science fiction and make-believe.

the laws of nature and physics are violated every few seconds in film and tv!

is it surprising that children are not only ignorant of how things really work-but, they don't have patience and an appetite for fact when they get to the schoolroom.

Mac

Got some whipped cream?

Yeppers...but that's for another thread and another time..and you damn sure ain't invited!!

mac, being silly class

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WHAT IF WE DIDN'T POISON CHILDREN'S MINDS WITH FANTASY?

by Terry in

every baby born seems to have a giant helping of fairy stories, talking animals, outrageous exaggerations parading as "fact" and an endless stream of cartoons, science fiction and make-believe.

the laws of nature and physics are violated every few seconds in film and tv!

is it surprising that children are not only ignorant of how things really work-but, they don't have patience and an appetite for fact when they get to the schoolroom.

Mac

SS......

when all is said and done, does it realy matter?.. we have Jello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mac

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WHAT IF WE DIDN'T POISON CHILDREN'S MINDS WITH FANTASY?

by Terry in

every baby born seems to have a giant helping of fairy stories, talking animals, outrageous exaggerations parading as "fact" and an endless stream of cartoons, science fiction and make-believe.

the laws of nature and physics are violated every few seconds in film and tv!

is it surprising that children are not only ignorant of how things really work-but, they don't have patience and an appetite for fact when they get to the schoolroom.

WHAT IF WE DIDN'T POISON CHILDREN'S MINDS WITH FANTASY?

by Terry in

every baby born seems to have a giant helping of fairy stories, talking animals, outrageous exaggerations parading as "fact" and an endless stream of cartoons, science fiction and make-believe.

the laws of nature and physics are violated every few seconds in film and tv!

is it surprising that children are not only ignorant of how things really work-but, they don't have patience and an appetite for fact when they get to the schoolroom.

Can anyone translate Japanese?

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

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or know a website that can help me out?

Mac

It's a grocery store banner.

Artichokes / three for a dollar...

this was also a sensationalistic headline in the Japanese Times about a down and out ninja hit man named Artosan who killed a set of triplets for a pittance to support his souchong habit..

" Arty chokes three for a dollar! ...story on page three "

mac, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so class

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WHAT IF WE DIDN'T POISON CHILDREN'S MINDS WITH FANTASY?

by Terry in

every baby born seems to have a giant helping of fairy stories, talking animals, outrageous exaggerations parading as "fact" and an endless stream of cartoons, science fiction and make-believe.

the laws of nature and physics are violated every few seconds in film and tv!

is it surprising that children are not only ignorant of how things really work-but, they don't have patience and an appetite for fact when they get to the schoolroom.

Mac

Wow...

Lotsa emotion triggered by belled toes and red suits!

Here is my take for all it's worth: (yeah, yeah, yeah, I know what my opinion is worth cuz I had it appraised at the Antique Road Show...and let me tell ya...some things don't appreciate with age).

Personally I love Christmas but, my children were already too old for the Santa and Bunny stories so, I never had to deal with any of that...all I had to deal with was trying to convince them that we were not going to die because of an evergreen placed in the middle of our living room after so many years of affirming it were so...Armageddon was a far more challenging fantasy to displace and come to terms with, I imagine.

I can't say for sure, having never celebrated Christmas or any other of these grand occasions for bringing together family and friends as a young'n myself, that I would or would not have passed on the fantasy that I may have possibly inherited from my parents if I'd not been born into a Witness environment.

My gut reaction is that I would not. I don't like the idea of having to break it to my child that I've instilled, knowingly, a deception in their minds...yet.......I have to ask myself..Is this just a remnant of all the conditioning and "fine logic" that was force fed me the first part of my life?

Well...here is what I,m leaning toward...if these illusions and games are so very detrimental to the healthy maturation and development of a child..if these "LIES" from the past are so scarring to ones psyche...why the hell would parents continue to hand down, generation after generation, that which must be so hurtful and dangerous? We all want our children to suffer..right? I just can't bring myself to believe that to be the case, sooooooo..........

Bring on the tooth fairy...a quarter never hurt anybody!!

macsanta (if I ever have grandchildren)

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