Psychiatry is based on lies, so if that is what is in textbooks, propaganda, how do we teach kids the truth?

Question

I noticed that in my sons school health books that the information is based on lies, what can I do about that?

Then too if textbook answers are based on modern day propaganda and no factual reliable or valid science how can they be right? Are we grading our children on being able to tell the right lies?

If the books do not tell us the truth, but go from only widely circulated information that someone has written down and said is correct how do we teach our children the truth?

How do they learn to tell the truth without getting them in trouble at school for telling the truth rather then lying? Because if they tell the truth their answers are not going to match what is in the books and so they will be marked wrong for it even if it is based on lies.

The Scientific Panel that reviewed this material was as follows: Fred Baughman (MD), Peter Breggin (MD), Mary Boyle (Ph.D), David Cohen (Ph.D), Ty Colbert (Ph.D), Pat Deegan (Ph.D), Albert Galves (Ph.D), Thomas Greening (Ph.D), David Jacobs (Ph.D), Jay Joseph (Ph.D), Jonathon Leo (Ph.D), Bruce Levine (Ph.D), Loren Mosher (MD), Stuart Shipko (MD) and others signed on to this as it progressed.

Answer 1

I grew up in south Africa under the apartheidsregime when a lot of untruths were taught in our schools. this did not however hinder my parents and other adults to teach us the truth even though we were expected to present those lies as answers in order to obtain grades in school. The truth has and will always set us free. I am now a teacher myself, and as i teach [for it my duty according to my bosses, to do so]present these lies to my chidren, i also present them with the truth and teach them that we do not have to be indoctrinated or controlled by lies. God gave us a free will and the ability to make decisions. So I encourage them to use it and to form their own opinions and not to be afraid to challenge the lie [which is so prevalent today!]
I also encourage them not to give in to pressure, but to stand for what they believe in. A lie, thank God, has a very short life and history has proven how it always but always had to bow the knee before Truth.
Take heart dear,for as long as we stand for the truth, there will always be hope for future generations.

Answer 2

Everyone needs to be aware of different opinions, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the information in a textbook is wrong -- it just means that the person with the differing opinion doesn't agree with it. (And granted, there are times when textbooks aren't not correct, or are skewed, but overall the material has been vetted and is presented for educational reasons.)

There are a few ways to navigate through the educational system when you feel that the things you believe to be true aren't being taught -- the first, of course, is to homeschool. While that won't necessarily solve the problem, you can control the curriculum to the way you envision it to be. Some may argue that this would limit a child's exposure to the world. It depends on how it is handled, though.

Another thing you could do is find information substantiating your beliefs, and presenting it to your son after school -- of course, if you try this, you need to let him know that the material he learns in school he is responsible for, but that he may be able to contribute to discussions by bringing up the new information -- if he thinks it necessary to do so.

Another thing you can do is ask to talk to the teacher and find out what exactly is being taught out of the textbook -- many times the entire text book is NOT used -- depending mainly on time, and what the state curriculum expects students to learn.

Whether it is disagreeing with psychiatry, or evolution, or sex education, or "new math," or whatever, a parent has the right to present alternatives to his/her own child. But this is best done at home, where you can control the situation, if that is what you feel needs to be done.

But think of this -- Critical Thinking is when a person is able to look at an analyze many facets of a subject and be able to create an understanding that isn't regurgitation, but analysis of a subject using all of the tools he/she posesses.

Answer 3

I can only think of two reasons for you question: 1. You're insane 2. You're a member of the church of Scientology. Both are interchangable of course. How do you know that what you have been told is not propaganda? how do we know the sky is blue? is the earth really round? did evolution happen?
The answer to all of these questions (including yours) requires very little thought, just some common sense.

Answer 4

What "lies" are you talking about?

If these are psychiatry books, written by people who have lived and studied that science for years and years of their life, are you a qualified PhD Psychiatrist that is able to both quote sources, research and reasons to which you hypothesise that things written in these books are "lies"? If you are, you may have some validity.

Or are you just a paranoid woman who believes that what she thinks is right and everybody else, no matter how more insanely qualified they are on the subject, is wrong, and spreading "lies and propaganda"?

Answer 5

If you can afford it, pull your son out of the public school system and enroll him in a Christian/Catholic school.

Answer 6

What is the truth?