RAISING ERIS: Call for submissions

[LMNO]

Nigel, feel free to use this, if you wish:

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=12215.0

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I don't have any kids... but if/when I do, I probably won't tell them about Discordianism until they're teens 

It screws up my head bad enough, I have no idea what it would do it a young, impressionable child 

It's not about telling them they're Discordians, it's really about raising them as little Discordians, with Discordian principles (question everything, think for yourself, strife is not always negative, etc) so that they become the best adults they can be; fully realized and without some of the constraints many of us have battled with.

That said, my older two kids are aware that we are Discordians, and the oldest one has read the PD several times. The youngest one wouldn't get it yet. She doesn't even know what religion is. When she asks, I'll tell her.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Nigel, feel free to use this, if you wish:

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=12215.0

I like this. If the illustrations got finished, it would make a great little story for the middle of the book. Maybe I should ask my housemate if she would illustrate it?

[LMNO]

Go for it!

[Telarus]

I don't have any kids... but if/when I do, I probably won't tell them about Discordianism until they're teens 

It screws up my head bad enough, I have no idea what it would do it a young, impressionable child 

It's not about telling them they're Discordians, it's really about raising them as little Discordians, with Discordian principles (question everything, think for yourself, strife is not always negative, etc) so that they become the best adults they can be; fully realized and without some of the constraints many of us have battled with.

That said, my older two kids are aware that we are Discordians, and the oldest one has read the PD several times. The youngest one wouldn't get it yet. She doesn't even know what religion is. When she asks, I'll tell her.

This. Truckloads of this. Mine has been exposed through Billy and Mandy, but hasn't read the PD yet as he hasn't read much more than a couple of light fantasy adventure series, and some Poe. He can name 1 of the 5 Apostles of Eris, tho. I think I'll wait until the sex jokes are funny for him to give him the PD and Illuminatus.

[Sheered Völva]

Nigel, feel free to use this, if you wish:

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=12215.0

I was unsure myself, but here's my conclusion, after months of thought.


By Discordians, For Discordians.


{page opposite last page is blank, with the caption, "What does Johnny See?" written in small type at the top.}

I like the open ending. Kids might want to draw a picture, and it could leave parents an opening for discussion with their kid. How you see the world is a matter of personal perspective.

I remember hearing about an IQ test for kids a few years ago. One question had a couple drawings of women. I don't remember the exact details, but one woman was heavy and without makeup, and the other had a slim but not skinny figure and makeup. The kid had to decide which one was prettier.

If your mother looked like the first woman, you'd likely pick her. That shows your IQ is lower.

Fortunately they changed the test.

[the last yatto]

what size page are you using, ill try and find large scans of the discordian coloring book

[Fuquad]

I was just thinking about the "I.Q." test with the larger figure and slimmer figure.

There's no reason not to include it. With an explanation of what it used to mean in the test and that we now know that a child is just more likely to pick a figure closer to that of their mothers.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

That is, in fact, a great idea, alongside a fully-developed accompanying essay about how it relates to parenting and what someone would do as a Discordian parent to counteract that kind of pervasive culture bias.

I ran into a teacher yesterday who had a great point about kids who just naturally start reading late getting unfairly pegged as "slow" and learning to hate school, I'm going to ask him to write something.

Also I might have to rethink my "everyone gets equal royalties" concept because I've gotten some one-paragraph submissions and it seems unfair to people who've put a lot of work into an article, to give people who dashed off two lines the same compensation. Or I might just not use the really short stuff unless it's mindblowing.

[Sheered Völva]

That is, in fact, a great idea, alongside a fully-developed accompanying essay about how it relates to parenting and what someone would do as a Discordian parent to counteract that kind of pervasive culture bias.

I ran into a teacher yesterday who had a great point about kids who just naturally start reading late getting unfairly pegged as "slow" and learning to hate school, I'm going to ask him to write something.

Also I might have to rethink my "everyone gets equal royalties" concept because I've gotten some one-paragraph submissions and it seems unfair to people who've put a lot of work into an article, to give people who dashed off two lines the same compensation. Or I might just not use the really short stuff unless it's mindblowing.

Typically even with a big-money making book, those who contribute a couple lines get paid nothing. A friend of mine who's a professional writer got an entry in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary changed between 10th and 11th edition. Payment? $0.00.