Re: Objectionable Material for Children

[Kanandarqu]

> 
>  My plan for our as-yet hypothetical child(ren) is to answer "why?" with an 
>  excrutiatingly exacting answer (and a trip to the library or web if 
>  necessary). When I do that to Susan she usually bops me on the head.
>  
>  Anyone have annecdotes about trying that approach with kids?
>  
>  Joshua

Worked for my parents..... "look it up" was a mantra at our house.  
My parents even spent several hundreds of dollars on 
encyclopedias for home to keep up with their statement as we
got older :-)

The only downside I can see is when my girlfriends "thump" me
on the head answering toddlers/young kids with "educated"
answers (after screwing up my courage).  I now know that the
answer to "where do babies come from" does not have one
answer- but a long progressive answer.  "From their mommies",
to "from their mommies tummies" etc (imagine the progressive
rest) based on age and not assuming you know what they want
before they trot off uninterested.  

Dee