Why “Safe” Stories Are Dangerous for Your Kids - S.D. Smith

Safety is a good instinct. It is a terrible only-value.S.D. Smith (The Green Ember) and Cindy West talk about why “clean and safe” cannot be the highest standard for the stories we give children. Drawing on Lewis’s line that Aslan is good but not safe, Smith argues that overprotecting kids from hardness in literature does not keep them innocent—it leaves them unarmed.In this clip: why safety-as-the-only-virtue creates fearful people, why the Bible itself is not a “safe” book, and why Smith would rather give kids robust, dangerous stories that tell the truth about the world and make them dangerous to the darkness.🎧 Watch this full conversation on the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast - https://Podcast.SchoolhouseRocked.comStream Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution for free!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://SchoolhouseRockedMovie.comGet your FREE Homeschool Survival Kit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - https://Homeschool-Survival-Kit.comSupport the Schoolhouse Rocked Ministry - https://SchoolhouseRocked.com/supportSponsor:⁠⁠⁠https://libertyhealthshare.org - Liberty HealthShare⁠⁠⁠ is one of the nation’s oldest and largest healthcare sharing ministries, The non-profit is a caring community of health-conscious individuals and families who choose to support one another and agree to the Christian values of stewardship to make healthcare affordable for all. It serves thousands of homeschooling families across the country.Homeschool Insights is a member of the Biblical Family Network.