169
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

My 11 year old spends 50% of his time with an anti-science and anti-vaccine family. Single parent me (in Ohio) doesn't have a lot of support when I've tried to help fight some of those thoughts he's been brainwashed with in the name of religion. I'm christian, but his other household is extremists. "You believe in science too much" and "cavemen never existed" are things he's said in the last year. He's a straight A very smart child, he's just been brainwashed and I want to try to help him before it gets worse.

What kinds of shows, books, documentaries can I expose him too to make him think more critically about some of these things so he understands science is real and vaccines work?

He does get into Veritasium on YouTube, so I feel like that's a step in the right direction for science and critical thinking.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Cheers

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I know, at least in my country, anti-vax indoctrination does count as clear and present danger, and while you probably wouldn't outright get full custody, you could potentially get an injunction against anti-vax indoctrination.

Sadly I doubt this is true of the US.

this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2023
169 points (100.0% liked)

Parenting

2582 readers
22 users here now

A place to talk about parenting.

Be respectful of others' parenting decisions.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS