In today's materialistic world of consumerism anceleb culture, what do you think ?

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is the best way to rear a child?

ok, i know most everyone will boo at the way this child is being brought up...but are the options any better?
Deborah Drapper looks every inch your average 13-year-old. Her bedroom in Dorset is pink and filled with dolls, she "tweets" on Twitter, and she has a blog in which she talks about her pet rabbits, and what fun it was when it snowed recently.
Deborah is in this (enviable) position because instead of being nurtured on a diet of celebrity culture, Deborah has been brought up on a combination of Christianity and traditional family values.
Deborah has the almost preternatural self-confidence that comes from being home-schooled. She spends half of each day praying, cooking, exercising, painting and gardening, and the other half studying a Christian curriculum that includes collectivism and creationism. She is super-bright and fiercely opinionated. She thinks that evolution is "one of the most ridiculous theories ever" and blames it for most of the nation’s ills.
"If you are taught from the start that you are just a piece of slime and that you have evolved from an animal then is it any surprise if you act like one? Survival of the fittest; if you don’t like someone, kill them. That’s what evolution teaches people so is it any wonder when children go to school and do just that?"
"I am not envious of other girls my age. I am happy as a person. A lot of the people I meet on a Friday night are not happy. If anything, they should be envious of me."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/bryonygordon/4966672/Deborah-Drapper-Follow-the-Bible-not-the-Beckhams.html
Edit: Sorry! read that as "and celeb culture"..
Edit: i haven't seen the program Duchess...if you say she seems lonely then i'm sure she is, poor girl. If only people wouldn't go to extremes...if only a nice balance between this way and the other extreme crazy way could be found..., perhaps our world would be a better place.
 
I watched a programme about that last night.
It was shocking the way the programme makers portrayed her and her friends as freaks for choosing to have a different lifestyle from 'normal' kids.
I might not agree with everything, but I applaud the fact that she chooses to want to believe.
 
I watched her on that TV program. She seems to be a very unhappy young lady. Watch her sobbing at the end.

I hope she gets over this phase of her life.
 
You can rear a child anywhere and have a good outcome. It depends on the parenting skills. We are not just another animal species we are a highly evolved species. They cannot protect that child from the world forever. Hopefully she will grow out of that attitude.
 
Chill out!

Dont take it to heart. There are more people who "relish in seeing how other folks live" so much they SLOBBER all over themselves. Be glad you're not!!

You are NOT alone!
 
She seems fine, except for the Christian part! If your knowledge is based on lies, then life can't be that good. But if I have kids one day, I hope they won't be obsessed with celebs and stuff like that. Might need to throw away the TV for that, though. Or maybe just make sure my kids don't watch TV all the time.

By the way, she might be strongly opinionated, but when she says that "evolution is "one of the most ridiculous theories ever" and blames it for most of the nation’s ills", she's probably merely repeating what her parents told her.

It is difficult for kids to have opinions different from their parents', but it's even more difficult when those opinions are religious ideas because by chucking those beliefs, you need to make your own ideas about the whole world, about life and death in general, etc.
 
She seems very lonely.
It appears to be a cult and daddy is the leader.
No, its not ideal. it is quite possible to bring children up with morals and values without being overly religious.
 
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