Anonymous
07/31/2018 09:31
Subject: Teen Titan Go - movie— WAY caught off guard by ending
Anonymous wrote:4 year olds do not have the ability to understand the complexity of creating new humans or the death of humans.
They don’t have the ability to understand checking accounts, the death penalty, abortion, getting a degree, driving a car, etc.
Your explanations are for you, not them. Why force adult problems and issues on a 4 year old? It’s not about their innocent brains, it’s about childhood. Should not their be a few years kids don’t need to deal with such things? If you have money problems, are you going to sit your kid down and explain that you may not have enough money to pay bills? Or your spouse is cheating in you and you have relationship problems?
No wonder mental illness and depression and drinking and drugs are rampant among kids. They are being pushed into adult problems and issues before kindergarten.
I don't consider the creation of new human life to be a problem, I think it's an amazing wonderful thing.
Kids learn about complicated things over time, not all at once. People who say that their 4 year olds know "all about" sex are absurd. There are somethings about sex that are hard to understand! But my kid can learn a little about where he came from, and how he got started, and grow from there.
Just like he doesn't need to know everything about money, but he can start by learning the basics. That it comes from work. That it's finite, and sometimes you make choices because you can't afford everything. That you can have it in your hand, or you can have it in a bank. That when you write a check they take money out of your bank and put it in someone else's bank.
Anonymous
07/31/2018 09:24
Subject: Teen Titan Go - movie— WAY caught off guard by ending
4 year olds do not have the ability to understand the complexity of creating new humans or the death of humans.
They don’t have the ability to understand checking accounts, the death penalty, abortion, getting a degree, driving a car, etc.
Your explanations are for you, not them. Why force adult problems and issues on a 4 year old? It’s not about their innocent brains, it’s about childhood. Should not their be a few years kids don’t need to deal with such things? If you have money problems, are you going to sit your kid down and explain that you may not have enough money to pay bills? Or your spouse is cheating in you and you have relationship problems?
No wonder mental illness and depression and drinking and drugs are rampant among kids. They are being pushed into adult problems and issues before kindergarten.
They don’t have the ability to understand checking accounts, the death penalty, abortion, getting a degree, driving a car, etc.
Your explanations are for you, not them. Why force adult problems and issues on a 4 year old? It’s not about their innocent brains, it’s about childhood. Should not their be a few years kids don’t need to deal with such things? If you have money problems, are you going to sit your kid down and explain that you may not have enough money to pay bills? Or your spouse is cheating in you and you have relationship problems?
No wonder mental illness and depression and drinking and drugs are rampant among kids. They are being pushed into adult problems and issues before kindergarten.
Anonymous
07/31/2018 08:38
Subject: Teen Titan Go - movie— WAY caught off guard by ending
My kids thought (9 and 11) thought that ending was hilarious.
Anonymous
07/31/2018 08:32
Subject: Teen Titan Go - movie— WAY caught off guard by ending
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really, you tell children about cancerous cells and the medical aspects of cancer and the side effects and dying? Nope.
Um, yeah actually. What is the alternative? Lying? Avoid the question? You know that kids sometimes get cancer too. My son lost a schoolmate to a sarcoma two years ago. Of course we talked about what cancer is, and treatments and side effects, and yes, we had a heartbreaking talk about dying.
A 4 year old?
DP, but I’m curious about why you think a 4 year old shouldn’t understand that grandma (or friend) is sick with a disease called cancer? That doctors give her medicine, but sometimes the medicine makes her sick/tired/ etc.
Reading some of these posts, it’s no wonder we have so many adults that cannot deal with life.
Your 4 year old can know cancer is something that makes people very sick, and still have the magic of Santa. These are different things.
Anonymous
07/31/2018 08:30
Subject: Teen Titan Go - movie— WAY caught off guard by ending
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really, you tell children about cancerous cells and the medical aspects of cancer and the side effects and dying? Nope.
Um, yeah actually. What is the alternative? Lying? Avoid the question? You know that kids sometimes get cancer too. My son lost a schoolmate to a sarcoma two years ago. Of course we talked about what cancer is, and treatments and side effects, and yes, we had a heartbreaking talk about dying.
A 4 year old?
The answers for both sex and illness add complexity as children age, but even a four year old deserves and can understand age appropriate descriptions of both.
Anonymous
07/31/2018 08:29
Subject: Teen Titan Go - movie— WAY caught off guard by ending
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really, you tell children about cancerous cells and the medical aspects of cancer and the side effects and dying? Nope.
Um, yeah actually. What is the alternative? Lying? Avoid the question? You know that kids sometimes get cancer too. My son lost a schoolmate to a sarcoma two years ago. Of course we talked about what cancer is, and treatments and side effects, and yes, we had a heartbreaking talk about dying.
This is the most surprising thing to me--people must be extremely sheltered. My kid has two close friends deeply affected by childhood cancer. Of course I had to explain it, and I also had to explain it again when a grandparent died of cancer.
I think people think they are "preserving innocence" but all they are doing is allowing their kids to operate in ignorance, which almost always leads to fear.
Anonymous
07/31/2018 08:20
Subject: Teen Titan Go - movie— WAY caught off guard by ending
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really, you tell children about cancerous cells and the medical aspects of cancer and the side effects and dying? Nope.
Um, yeah actually. What is the alternative? Lying? Avoid the question? You know that kids sometimes get cancer too. My son lost a schoolmate to a sarcoma two years ago. Of course we talked about what cancer is, and treatments and side effects, and yes, we had a heartbreaking talk about dying.
A 4 year old?
Anonymous
07/31/2018 08:07
Subject: Teen Titan Go - movie— WAY caught off guard by ending
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That was the best part of the movie! lol I cracked up thinking of all the who were probably horrified about the conversation that was coming. BTW my FOUR year old knows where babies come from so if your 10 year old doesn’t then you should probably have that talk.
Does he know how to set up a checking account too? What on earth does a 4 year old need to know about sex for, and where babies come from? He himself only arrived 4 years ago.
My middle kid was advanced and outgoing and did everything early and at 4 years old sex and babies meant zero to him.
This is ridiculous, and partly why so many adults don’t understand a budget.
Your kid doesn’t have to understand the mechanics of actual sex, nor does he have to set up a chequing account. But he should understand the basics of where babies come from, and yes, how a bank works, and the basics of budgeting and banking (even using a small allowance to save up for things).
Children eventually go on to live in the real world, so I don’t understand why the real world needs to be a secret.
Oh and also, there is no reason for a child to not understand the basics of cancer, if they know someone going through it, and have questions.
I think it better to give children this information when tothem, it’s really just factual. As they get older, it gets more emotionally charged (usually on the side of the parents).
Anonymous
07/31/2018 07:59
Subject: Teen Titan Go - movie— WAY caught off guard by ending
Anonymous wrote:Really, you tell children about cancerous cells and the medical aspects of cancer and the side effects and dying? Nope.
Um, yeah actually. What is the alternative? Lying? Avoid the question? You know that kids sometimes get cancer too. My son lost a schoolmate to a sarcoma two years ago. Of course we talked about what cancer is, and treatments and side effects, and yes, we had a heartbreaking talk about dying.
Anonymous
07/31/2018 07:54
Subject: Teen Titan Go - movie— WAY caught off guard by ending
Anonymous wrote:Really, you tell children about cancerous cells and the medical aspects of cancer and the side effects and dying? Nope.
Did you tell your kids about the process of a human dying from cancer and what happens when a person dies from cancer? I highly highly doubt it.
Anonymous
07/31/2018 07:51
Subject: Teen Titan Go - movie— WAY caught off guard by ending
Really, you tell children about cancerous cells and the medical aspects of cancer and the side effects and dying? Nope.
Anonymous
07/31/2018 07:51
Subject: Teen Titan Go - movie— WAY caught off guard by ending
Some kids just aren't that curious or interested. My dd had a very thorough understanding at 9. My son at 9 has never asked any questions about it. We have books around the house on the subject.
Anonymous
07/31/2018 07:50
Subject: Teen Titan Go - movie— WAY caught off guard by ending
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That was the best part of the movie! lol I cracked up thinking of all the who were probably horrified about the conversation that was coming. BTW my FOUR year old knows where babies come from so if your 10 year old doesn’t then you should probably have that talk.
Does he know how to set up a checking account too? What on earth does a 4 year old need to know about sex for, and where babies come from? He himself only arrived 4 years ago.
My middle kid was advanced and outgoing and did everything early and at 4 years old sex and babies meant zero to him.
NP. My kid was very curious about babies when her baby brother arrived. For awhile I said the baby was growing in mom’s belly. Then she started to ask HOW the baby got inside my belly? And she wanted a baby in her belly too! She was three when the first questions started and four when we told her.
Anonymous
07/31/2018 07:48
Subject: Teen Titan Go - movie— WAY caught off guard by ending
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That was the best part of the movie! lol I cracked up thinking of all the who were probably horrified about the conversation that was coming. BTW my FOUR year old knows where babies come from so if your 10 year old doesn’t then you should probably have that talk.
Does he know how to set up a checking account too? What on earth does a 4 year old need to know about sex for, and where babies come from? He himself only arrived 4 years ago.
My middle kid was advanced and outgoing and did everything early and at 4 years old sex and babies meant zero to him.
Many many kids are curious about where babies come from, especially if they are around pregnant women. I don’t see why the natural and biological act of sex needs to be kept from any kid, at any age.
And I’m not sure why telling is how advanced your kid was has to do with anything.
There’s hundreds of topics kids are curious about. I am sure when a family member is dying of cancer and looks ill you go into that, too, right? After all it’s “natural.”
I'm not the person you quoted, but...yeah. My grandmother died of cancer, and I explained it to my daughter when she was about five. I'm glad I did, because one of her classmates was diagnosed with leukemia. We talked about the hair loss, being ill and feeling weak at times, and above all else the need for compassion but not pity.
Anonymous
07/31/2018 07:47
Subject: Teen Titan Go - movie— WAY caught off guard by ending
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That was the best part of the movie! lol I cracked up thinking of all the who were probably horrified about the conversation that was coming. BTW my FOUR year old knows where babies come from so if your 10 year old doesn’t then you should probably have that talk.
Does he know how to set up a checking account too? What on earth does a 4 year old need to know about sex for, and where babies come from? He himself only arrived 4 years ago.
My middle kid was advanced and outgoing and did everything early and at 4 years old sex and babies meant zero to him.
Many many kids are curious about where babies come from, especially if they are around pregnant women. I don’t see why the natural and biological act of sex needs to be kept from any kid, at any age.
And I’m not sure why telling is how advanced your kid was has to do with anything.
There’s hundreds of topics kids are curious about. I am sure when a family member is dying of cancer and looks ill you go into that, too, right? After all it’s “natural.”
Of course you should talk about a family member dying of cancer. What else would you say.. Grandpa went to live on a farm ?