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Child's other mom is turning my kiddo anti-science and anti-vaccine. Help me fight the good fight! (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by bouldering_barista@lemmy.world to c/parenting@lemmy.world
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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

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[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year 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.

[-] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Quickly looking over their history I'd be willing to bet they are US based and although I'd be happy if that were possible it most certainly is not. An injunction of that nature to censure "religious" speech, even on the slim chance it would be granted, is basically unenforcable here. They would get a slap on the wrist a few times and then maybe with enough evidence a less favorable custody percentage, but by that time a lot of the damage will have already have been done to the child. They're at a pretty impressionable age.

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, here, your rights to religiously indoctrinate your children are protected by our charter of rights. Anti-vax beliefs, on the other hand, certainly wouldn't fall under that purview.

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