How honest should parents be?

[paulpablo]

Surely most people would say the best way is somewhere inbetween total insulation from the real world while at the same time not telling them all the mentally disturbing facts about the world too soon?

You mean, like being exposed to news coverage about casualties and killed civilians, to learn about death? In my case it was Vietnam. Today there's a bit more on the same lines.

I say, if a child asks, be as honest as possible and certainly not evasive. It only incites curiosity and insecurity.

Well children these days probably have even more exposure to footage than me or you ever did. I'm 31 but I was still limited to dial up internet for 1 or 2 hours a night when I was a teen, and before that we had no internet. A curious kid with none stop broadband
 can easily google some fucked up war footage or whatever else, but I guess google does have safe search options and there are ways to try and prevent it.