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 * What are your views about shielding children from unpleasant truths? When is it important for a child to know such truths? When is it better to keep a child in the dark? And, is it right for an adult to lie to a child to "protect" him or her?**

I believe that it's alright to shield children from unpleasant truths when they're a certain age. It's important for children to know these truths when they are able to comprehend such truths. I think that it's better to keep children in the dark about something when the truth deals with gory details. If the truth has gory details, then I believe that the child should just know the surface information instead of hearing the gory details. Then, they should be kept from these details until they are of a certain. When it comes to adults lying to their children to "protect" him or her, I don't think that parents should lie to protect their children. I mean if a child's parent dies of a horrible disease, you don't lie to the child and tell them their parent didn't die. They should tell the child that their parent died, but if the child is like five years old, the parent shouldn't tell them exactly what happened. The parent should wait to tell them what happened until they are old enough to comprehend what happened. The truth of the parent dying may hurt them, but if you tell them exactly what happened and they're like five, the child will be much more upset. If you tell them later in life, they will hopefully be able to understand why the parent didn't automatically tell them what happened to the other parent.