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by coldtea
3320 days ago
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>Keep in mind that while you will learn this stuff in your life, for very young children, there is definitely a lot that is inappropriate whether it is sex, language or violence. A 2 year old is unable to fully understand what is appropriate when. They are not ready to handle many of these concepts. In Germany everyday people can go to the park with their 2-5 year old kids and have no issues with nudists enjoying the sun nearby. And while you wouldn't want your kid to become a potty mouth (for social reasons), them casually hearing some swear word now and then is no big deal at all anywhere in the world. As for violence, depends on whether it's something that will frighten the kid. >Beyond that, if an adult doesn't want to listen to something or watch something, this helps them. If they've don't want to see or hear something, why should anyone else care? Because some people don't want a society of puritans, even if the latter appear to keep it to themselves. |
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The parent comment mentioned sex, not nudity. Children are generally comfortable with nudity since it's something they experience themselves. Most don't know that sex even exists, so they have zero association between nudity and sex.
I think part of the reason some parents are leery of nudity around their kids is not because the kids can't handle it, but because we adults are so used to nudity being associated with sex that it's hard for us to understand that kids don't think that way.
> As for violence, depends on whether it's something that will frighten the kid.
Young children do not have a clear separation between reality and imagination. Their brains simply don't partition the two as distinctly as we do. This is why playing pretend and imaginary friends come so naturally to them, and why they are natural inveterate liars.
I absolutely don't want my young kids exposed to violent media because they aren't yet able to understand it's not real. It would be almost as if they were experiencing the violence first-hand.
I also don't get why American culture is so gung-ho about violence in the first place. My hope is that my children will never see someone get shot, stabbed, raped, kidnapped, burned, or assaulted. But, judging by TV and movies, these are everyday occurrences. I'm not super keen on normalizing that.