Kids as young as 5 wonder about what happens after you die. Would you tell the truth to a 5 year old if you knew it would cause him significant long-term discomfort?
(Disclaimer: I am currently angry (both in a bad mood and angered by this), so correct for that.)
I don’t think anybody would want to be lied to about a world-spanning disaster that permanently anihilates everyone’s soul just to protect their feelings. Significant long-term discomfort is an appropriate reaction.
My limited understanding of the matter is that it’s way, way more important to a child’s sense of security to feel that their parents love them and that their home is a safe place than to not know the truth about death. So, I haven’t considered what I’d do in the counterfactual case that it turns out that people are actually harmed less by learning the truth when they’re older.
Do you have evidence that this particular truth will cause “significant long-term discomfort” to the 5 year old? My personal experience tells me otherwise.
Kids as young as 5 wonder about what happens after you die. Would you tell the truth to a 5 year old if you knew it would cause him significant long-term discomfort?
Does that which can be destroyed by the truth should be apply to a child’s sense of security?
(Disclaimer: I am currently angry (both in a bad mood and angered by this), so correct for that.)
I don’t think anybody would want to be lied to about a world-spanning disaster that permanently anihilates everyone’s soul just to protect their feelings. Significant long-term discomfort is an appropriate reaction.
My limited understanding of the matter is that it’s way, way more important to a child’s sense of security to feel that their parents love them and that their home is a safe place than to not know the truth about death. So, I haven’t considered what I’d do in the counterfactual case that it turns out that people are actually harmed less by learning the truth when they’re older.
Do you have evidence that this particular truth will cause “significant long-term discomfort” to the 5 year old? My personal experience tells me otherwise.
No since I only have one child and I didn’t tell him the truth about this.