Indeed, it is because children are more innocent, that we have an obligation to tell them the truth. It is more deceitful to lie to a gullible child than to lie to a jaded adult because the child will be more deceived. If you think about it, the only real way to preserve someone's childlike trust is to tell them the truth. Lying to preserve someone's innocence is a contradiction in terms.
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Yes indeed. We have no option but to explain to them the truth in its entirety and hope they have the childlike innocence to see a solution where we only see obstacle
It's a shame that we convert our only hope into our mirror image