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how can children not be corrupted?

How can we promote abstinenece and get kids to just be kids when all their life they are taught soemthing else. What with the barbie dolls, Princesses, TV shows and what not, girls are only being taught to dress up pretty, fall in love with handsome men, and raise families with them. Thats what we let them think in their childhood. They watch movies about beautiful princesses and hansome princes and play with baby dolls, and dress up games. Then when they are teenagers we try to stop them from dressing seductively and tell them not to get involved with boys and get pregnant! Doesn't anyone think thats kind of strange??

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1. i wish i had an answer on how to fix this...but im only 13 and have no children..and i am a virgin and plan to be until marriage. so i am raised right. but...when i have children...i will raise them right. i dont know how i will keep them to not get mixed up in their teenage years with their toddler years of playing with barbie. i dont know how right now...but i still have a long time...and i WILL fix it. my children will not be one of those teenagers who come home at 6:00 in the morning from a night out with her boyfriend..and she comes home crying cuz shes pregnant. NO WAY. my child will be raised with a brain.
2. I often wonder about this myself. I see today's generation of kids and it worries me what my kids would turn out to be like. Society pushes them so hard to be a certain way and the direction is not good from what I see. These kids are going to have such problems down the line. I thought my generation was bad enough! I think the best way to stop them from being corrupted is to teach them to be self-assured (but not too much) and to believe in themselves, no matter how hard peer pressure pushes against them, they need to learn about who they are, what the like/dislike and which direction they want to go in this life. They also need to know that they are loved and supported.
3. If the child is alive, conscious and exposed to other human beings, it will be corrupted. Blindfolds, earplugs, etc. will not help. It is our nature from birth to seek out that which will corrupt us anyways. The flesh is weak. Today, mainstream America seems to think that sexual morality, responsible behaviour, good parenting, and Christianity are all bad things. Go figure. (I know that you m ay not be in U.S.A., but I am.) Take them to a GOOD church regularly, encourage friendships with *well-parented and well behaved* children in the church. Spank them when they need it. Throw your television out the window. Do not ever withold knowledge from them, as that will only make things you don't want to talk to them about more interesting. Read a little of the bible to them every night before slumber. Make them say yes mam, no mam, yes sir, no sir. Make them be respectful to everyone. Make them behave in public. Make them dress properly. Pray a helluva lot. Maybe all that will help. The world is a mess, and I personally do not advocate conception period.
4. well i think you're stereotyping teenagers. The only reason we have berbies and movies about beautiful women falling in love with beautiful men is because that reflects what we have as an ideal in our society. even 200 years ago girl played with dolls and managed not to be corrupt. except that they started their families when they were only in their mid teens. it is only because women have rallied so hard and for so many rights that we suddenly assume that a woman should go and make a career out of her life instead of just staying home to raise kids. i don't think you should be judging girls by how they behave as teenagers. it's their choice. they wouldn't be having sex if there was no natural sex drive...personally i think that women who have their children later in life after using artificial fertilisation are just tampering with nature and that isn't right. we are capable of having children when we are in our teens because we are naturally able to handle being a mother at that age...it is only society that dictates us and says we can't. and for the record, i do not support teen pregnanices and i'm pro choice but we have no right to judge. just my 2 cents.
5. Home school them. Keep them away from pop-culture. When they are old enough, show them what kind of garbage people watch on TV and listen to for music. When they are older, they will be able to see the difference. They will not be in danger of being corrupted. It's sort of like keeping small kids out of fast food restaurants. Let them get used to eating all kinds of good foods. Otherwise, their taste will become jaded.
6. The fact is that the living examples they encounter in the home, school, and society have a much greater influence. They observe their parents, peers, and heroes words and actions. These real examples will have either a good or bad influence on their behavior. You teach by example. What you wear, say, and actions sends the strongest mrssage as to the values the child should follow. I had GI Joes. I never became a soldier. I had Barbies. I judge females on who they are inside more than looks. In my mind there is a clear distinction between fantasy and reality.