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> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 1391547.IW03ukyU3z@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 7/2/11
> 9:04 AM:
>
>>>>> Then again, his whole argument is pretty faulty: it is not like there are
>>>>> any but the most rare people who fit his caricature. For the most part,
>>>>> the people "against" the religious folks are not against anything other
>>>>> than myths being taught to their children as science. Gee, how horrible!
>>>>> Those who are pushing such teachings are clearly and unambiguously in the
>>>>> wrong, and to work against their agenda of teaching myth in the science
>>>>> room is *not* a sign of pushing any views on anyone else.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you do not want your kids to learn science, don't remove science from
>>>>> the classroom, remove your kid from the classroom. It is not like
>>>>> evolution is like sex ed where there might be objections to teaching
>>>>> details at inappropriate ages.
>>>>>
>>>> Sex education is embarrassing to young people because we teach them to be
>>>> embarrassed by it. It's not a natural deterrence.
>>>>
>>> My kids, who just turned 4 and 6, have asked questions about where babies
>>> come from - and my wife and I have been very open to answering those
>>> questions directly and honesty (no stork stories in our house). Still, we
>>> answer them at an age appropriate level - no need to talk about, say, birth
>>> control methods or details of arousal until she asks.
>>>
>> Some parents still use stork stories?
>
> Or avoid the whole issue.
Gets harder to explain at some stage.
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