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The next generation.
Poll: what would you do in regards to your children and psionics?
teach them about it when they were young
53%
53% [ 22 ]
teach them about it when they were a bit older (teens)
14%
14% [ 6 ]
let them discover it on there own
24%
24% [ 10 ]
other (specify) in post
7%
7% [ 3 ]
Total Votes : 41
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The next generation. on Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:06 pm

shenlon2

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 220

There?s an interesting topic in the psi ball section titled ?do your parents know?? in which many people have posted there parents reaction after they found out they practiced psionics. Any way, this got me thinking about what I would do in regards to my children (hopefully they wont exist for quite a few years yet) and psionics. I think that I would teach them what I knew about psionics as early as possible and let them make up their own minds about it.

What do you think you will do in regards to your future children and psionics and why? Or if you already have children, what have you already done in regards to your children and psionics?
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Posted on Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:11 pm

Alexandra

Joined: 15 Jan 2006
Posts: 160

I'd teach it to them while they're still young because it seems that small children learn things faster and are more open to them than teenagers. And when they're teenagers they might think you're just becoming crazy(or them) because their friends would probably say that it's all fake.
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Posted on Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:36 pm

mattz1010

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Posts: 885

*Eats Alexandra's post, and claims as own*

Younger children are also less suceptible to other people infulencing their thoughts, but they are more responsive to their parents.
If I ever have children, I'll try to teach then as soon as they can understand.

Now, to combat the problem of attention span...haha...
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Posted on Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:43 pm

Lancefighter

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Posts: 42

I personally (if i have ever have those annoying brats people call children) would teach them after they can controll there emotions. after all, would not want them to try and send a "focebubble spike" though everyone they dont like(i would brobobly still have to figure out some way to keep track of thire psi use at school or wherever) but, thats my plan.
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Posted on Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:14 pm

PantsParty

Joined: 28 Nov 2005
Posts: 514

If I have kids, I'd let them know at an early stage. When you're younger, it's so much easier to pick up these skills, and you'll be more open to it... not to mention... things like these at this age in life seem incredibly more awesome.
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Posted on Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:25 pm

mattz1010

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Posts: 885

The most important thing you'd have to teach your kids though, is never to use it against another person unless they really (really really really, XD) mean to hurt you - or else the kid would start doing bad things with it...and attacking people for not getting their way, etc.

But instilling children with a sense of morality and ethics is kinda what you gotta do to a child anyway Razz You just gotta reinforce the fact of not hurting others with psi. (unless they mean to kill you, etc)
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Posted on Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:27 pm

PantsParty

Joined: 28 Nov 2005
Posts: 514

Exactly. Psi can be very dangerous... it has been proven to be... but there's just too many good sides of it to pass it off.
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Posted on Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:34 pm

neveza

Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 1147

I'll teach my kids(if I ever have any), I'll also teach them martial arts and diciplen too.
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Posted on Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:37 pm

shenlon2

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 220

If you did teach you kids psi, would you tell them to hide it from ?normal? people? I mean can you imagine going to pick your child up from play group to find that the teachers been traumatised coz your kids been using PK to make toys fly around the room, or something along those lines.
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Posted on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:31 pm

CryoDude

Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 180

I'd let 'em find on their own... no need to force it upon them, let them make their own choices.
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Posted on Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:34 am

neveza

Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 1147

CryoDude wrote:
I'd let 'em find on their own... no need to force it upon them, let them make their own choices.


force it upon them? how is that forceing? unless you beat them with sticks untill they learn, it's more of introducing them to it, if they don't like then they don't need to learn.
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Posted on Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:57 am

freedom

Joined: 23 Jan 2006
Posts: 5

I'd let them discover it on their own.

I'm disturbed by the fact that the original poster failed to spell "their" correctly.
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Posted on Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:58 am

CryoDude

Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 180

neveza wrote:
CryoDude wrote:
I'd let 'em find on their own... no need to force it upon them, let them make their own choices.


force it upon them? how is that forceing? unless you beat them with sticks untill they learn, it's more of introducing them to it, if they don't like then they don't need to learn.


My defenition of 'force' in reference to teaching is teaching them anything they have no intrest in learning. MY defenition. NOT yours.
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Posted on Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:15 am

abuelos84

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Posts: 76

CryoDude wrote:

My defenition of 'force' in reference to teaching is teaching them anything they have no intrest in learning. MY defenition. NOT yours.

but... you need, as a parent, a balance...
there are a lot of things that, when you are teached, you discard as "useless", like maths or maybe literature, but that's why there are teachers and parents in this world, they are people that have been through a lot of things before us, and have their experience to know when a skill or knowledge will be usefull for you, in your life...
how can a 10 years old boy distinguish between usefull and useless knowledge? i repeat: that's why parents exist!
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Posted on Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:23 pm

Alexandra

Joined: 15 Jan 2006
Posts: 160

If you think it's forcing then I'm sure you will never send them to a school will you? I learn stuff in school too which doesn't interest me... I think that some things are useless... But I have to learn these things because it's the law Rolling Eyes I don't really think it's forcing... Are you forcing a child when you teach them to ride a bicycle or to speak? Not really so I don't think it's forcing when you learn them about PK and such, but you shouldn't force them to practise it...
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