Where the Wild Things Die

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  • Posted By: TheGardener @ 04/19/2009 1:56:24 PM

    Why don't we stop deceiving our children?
    Life on this planet is about Eating or being Eaten in various forms. Anything else you teach your children is a lie.
    Parent ought never to lie to their chilren. Santa exists, only for the fun of a mascot and have holidays.

  • Posted By: chivas3 @ 04/18/2009 2:13:41 PM

    why do so many parents feel that their job is to prevent their child from understanding about death and violence? It's a part of life. Being "scared" is also part of it. There's beauty in this world, but there's also death, sickness and some ugliness. At what point is it okay to let them come to terms with that? Never?

    It's called growing up and we shouldn't be so over-sensitive to what our children can handle in terms of witnessing how the world works. Shielding your child from reality for too long has worse consequences for that individual than exposing him or her to a measured dose of reality every now and then.

    • Posted By: dmb12345 @ 04/19/2009 8:56:35 AM

      Very well said. They do not have concept of where meat comes form and how it is processed. Also, have no idea that carnivores are not gentle in their killing methods. This has been the standard fare nowadays in the education of our children.

  • Posted By: NeoPoliticus @ 04/19/2009 3:52:31 AM

    If they want a dumbed down version of real life, they should get Obama and the Dems to write it.

  • Posted By: Against-Ignorance @ 04/18/2009 9:35:23 PM

    This sort of thing used to be a standard feature of the standard nature programming watched by children everywhere. Because it is a standard part of the realities of nature. It is not the fault of the filmmakers that a generation of Americans have become so separated from essential reality that scenes like this are offensive to them.

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