[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Hmmmmm well, my daughter is 8 and I do make jokes about the police being "here to get her". She would still go up to them if she needed help. The reason being that despite being 8, she is not an idiot, and knows that I'm joking .

So more important I think, is to say "Hey kids of all ages! Your parents word is not gospel."

Basically we should be teaching kids to be skeptical of the **** that anyone tells them, and to use their own common sense.

That got me caned more than once in Grammar for 'arguing' with teachers when they WERE wrong.

Our history teacher once referred to 'Red' - Native American - Indians as savages and spent half a lesson portraying 'Settlers' as a civilising influence etc.

I gave him a few 'Home Truths' - “They (The White Man) made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one; they promised to take our land, and they did.” Red Cloud etc - and he went berserk.