(October 30, 2013 at 10:15 am)Ivy Wrote: I leave the fear of hell out of it.
Most certainly leave any kind of mythology out, unless it is framed as a parable or fable.
The youngster I am speaking of is very intelligent for his age (as every parent thinks to some degree, I am sure) and we frequently talk about larger questions in science. School is not failing him on that front. it is history and reading where he runs into trouble. I think that these issues are tangentially related. I want to draw him into thinking along more abstract lines of reason and into the large picture of humanity as a whole. Maybe he is too young for this as of yet, I don't know, but I feel I need to start somewhere, and I certainly do not expect his school to do it for me.
Mxwll
