On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:09:42 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
wrote:

>"pennyaline" <nsmitchell@spamspamspamspamspamspamspameggandspam .com> wrote
>in message
>> If you guys knew half as much about kids as you claim to, you would
>> realize
>> that projecting negative images of people who are prominent in their lives
>> is confusing to children and engenders problems with trust.
>>
>> Or is that what you want to do?

So you are under the impression that feeding a kid a positive spin
regardless of the truth is somehow better for them? You're wrong. What
you suggest amounts to telling the kid a lie and that engenders far
more "confusion" and "problems with trust" than having parents who
tell them the truth, even when it's not PC or all that pleasant. Not
everyone who is in a position of prominence is trustworthy or well
intentioned and for her own good as well as that of the society we
live in, I want my daughter to be able to tell the difference. I'm not
raising a little automaton who assumes that all authority is good. I
want her to think for herself and make her own decisions regarding who
and what she values.

Regards,
Tracy R.