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Originally posted by Roderick Usher
I was referring to the 9 year-old, but we've been dealing with him in this manner since age 6.
The 3 year-old simply doesn't care about the sex and isn't scared of the gore. As soon as he starts asking the same questions as his big brother, I'll take the same tack.
They're both bright, friendly, sweethearts who still believe in Santa and the Tooth fairy and so on. And when my 9 year-old asks me about these magical creatures I simply ask back "what do you believe?"
He chooses to believe, even though logic would tell him not to. That is innocence.
We encourage wide-eyed wonder as well as rational analysis. To each his own, huh?
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i know my kid has a fascination with horror - he likes the monsters .. he just doesnt like seeing people die.
he was afraid of monsters as well for a little while - until i showed him how they were made by making an animated movie of one of his toy dragons ..
i know other folks who give exposure to this kind of things to their children ... i just personally feel that they risk becoming desensitized if they are too young to tell the difference between real and fantasy .. there certainly is evidence of that happening all the time ..
not everyone bothers to take the time to clearly discuss these things with the kids ..