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 * What are your views about shielding children from unpleasant truths? When is it important for a child to know such truths? When is it better to keep a child in the dark? And, is it right for an adult to lie to a child to "protect" him or her?**

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In my opinion, kids are never too young too know the truth. Parents have a big deal about telling kids about where babies come from but I don't see the problem with them knowing at young ages. How is it right for parents to lie to their kids about ways of life? I know for the longest time, I thought babies came out of the belly button. When I finally found out, I was ticked off that I didn't know the truth for the longest time. Another thing, why not tell young kids swear words at early ages and teach them not to use them. Like when I was in second grade, and asked my dad what F*$%@#! meant, he told me it was a really bad word. In my mind, I thought it was the goofiest word I had ever heard and didn't realize why it was so bad. If I had realized it was a bad word from the start, I would have realized the true bad of the word. Over all, I was mad because all these things were kept away from me for all these years. I'm so glad that I figured out the whole Santa stuff on my own in first grade because it kept me from the pain of finding out later. Like my sister, she found out in 5th grade and when she did, tears and resentment filled her bedroom that day. In the end, parents just need to come clean about everything to their kids at early stages in their life so the kids aren't angry with them later. Trey the other day, when he shared about the AIDS Sesame Street character "Kami", it angered me that the creators of Sesame Street wouldn't allow this character to inform kids what HIV AIDS are. Why can't they learn about it? You don't need to go into complete details about gay people getting it. That to me is just to much. But a little info here and there can't hurt. Heck, scratch my thought a bit ago. I say tell kids all about everything, even the grossest of details. If they want to know where a baby comes from, I say show them a graphic video and scare the crap out of them. That'll teach them not to get pregnant at young ages. Also, with drugs and alcohol, tell them all about it at the beginning of their lives instead of them finding out later. Germans who are allowed to drink at early ages don't have alcoholic problems when they are older.

Over all, I say tell kids about EVERYTHING. //