I’m still wondering how to deal with the possibility of my daughter assuming something is just a fun play-along story (Tooth Fairy, Father Christmas, Jesus, the Liberal Democrats) and then encountering a playmate who doesn’t know it’s a story. The fallout should be interesting, at least. I am torn as to how to tell her when it’s rude to take away people’s erroneous beliefs.
Edit: Oh Dawkins, she’s likely to go to the local Church of England primary school. (My girlfriend is an active member of said church.) [All the other local primaries are Catholic, dismal failures or both.] This will be tons of fun for everyone, I’m sure (he said with trepidation). The vicar could out-argue a six year old; I’m really not sure about many of the church members, however.
I’ve read this twice now (the bold ‘Edit’ made me check again), and each time I first read it as a claim that the vicar is a good debater. (Man, he could out-argue a six-year-old!) Then I think again.
:-) It was a statement about the other members of the church (who I suspect couldn’t), not about the vicar (who is smart and knowledgeable and an excellent fellow).
I’m still wondering how to deal with the possibility of my daughter assuming something is just a fun play-along story (Tooth Fairy, Father Christmas, Jesus, the Liberal Democrats) and then encountering a playmate who doesn’t know it’s a story. The fallout should be interesting, at least. I am torn as to how to tell her when it’s rude to take away people’s erroneous beliefs.
Edit: Oh Dawkins, she’s likely to go to the local Church of England primary school. (My girlfriend is an active member of said church.) [All the other local primaries are Catholic, dismal failures or both.] This will be tons of fun for everyone, I’m sure (he said with trepidation). The vicar could out-argue a six year old; I’m really not sure about many of the church members, however.
I’ve read this twice now (the bold ‘Edit’ made me check again), and each time I first read it as a claim that the vicar is a good debater. (Man, he could out-argue a six-year-old!) Then I think again.
:-) It was a statement about the other members of the church (who I suspect couldn’t), not about the vicar (who is smart and knowledgeable and an excellent fellow).
Are you saying that it’s hard to find a secular school in England? (shock)
I was born in Soviet Russia and kind of used to the opposite
Oh no, there’s always a secular school around. It’s usually unbelievably terrible, at least in poor areas like this.