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Originally Posted by Jashobeam I heard a great lecture on this topic. If we give kids ONLY kiddie looking stories from the Bible and not the everyday practices (honor, faithfulness, doctrines, etc) then they grow up to believe it was all fairy tales. The speaker had a lot of good points. So in our home we do the kiddie looking stories and add in the Bible doctrines. We make sure mention to DD when we are reading a book that is based on fact, and which ones are pretend stories. She is only 3, but realy caught on quickly.
| That's a good thought. I'd hate to skip the neat resources that are aimed at kids, but I do have issues with how they don't necessarily build a sound set of beliefs. Mixing easy-access kiddie stories with real "solid" teaching sounds like a great approach.
Stark
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