it's not about the conflict.. the question was: how to handle the question of 8 years-old boy about "israelians killing Lebanese babies". You suggest studding israelian-palestin conflict and figuring out who is 'good' and who is 'bad', which consequentially leads to accepting one side and judging another, which eventually leads to the stirring up the hatred. But… that’s NOT what the child needs. NOT to find out who is right and who is wrong, NOT to argue anymore when, who, and why? Child needs to be explained that ANY killing is bad, ANY war is wrong. Child doesn’t need to understand WHY one kills another. Child has to learn: any KILLING shouldn’t be accepted in the civil world.
I hope you can see the difference.
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“You become responsible forever for what you have tamed”. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
it's not about the conflict.. the question was: how to handle the question of 8 years-old boy about "israelians killing Lebanese babies". You suggest studding israelian-palestin conflict and figuring out who is 'good' and who is 'bad', which consequentially leads to accepting one side and judging another, which eventually leads to the stirring up the hatred. But… that’s NOT what the child needs. NOT to find out who is right and who is wrong, NOT to argue anymore when, who, and why? Child needs to be explained that ANY killing is bad, ANY war is wrong. Child doesn’t need to understand WHY one kills another. Child has to learn: any KILLING shouldn’t be accepted in the civil world.
I hope you can see the difference.
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“You become responsible forever for what you have tamed”. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry