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Explaining Dec 21 2012 To A Child How to Talk to Your Child About December 21 2012 by Gregg Prescott, M.S. www.in5d.com www.maya12-21-2012.com www.HolisticCancerResearch.com The date December 21 2012 is constantly being portrayed as an apocalyptic doomsday by the main stream media and is reinforced through the plethora of doomsday websites that paint a fear- ladened view of what the Mayan calendar and 2012 represents. Our children and subject to this brainwashing on a perpetual basis and will most likely follow what they’ve heard if their parent(s) don’t speak to them about what December 21, 2012 truly represents. Personally, I believe that one should educate his or herself enough in this area before discussing this topic with your children. You financial stress, etc… His websites, www.in5d.com and won’t find any relevant information on the news This is the time when people need to www.maya12-21-2012.com give an accurate or on the Discovery Channel. I’ve watched the reflect within versus relying on the opinion of description of what 2012 truly means and are an television documentaries and EVERY TIME, the main stream media for any truth. excellent point of reference when researching they relate 2012 to words such as apocalypse or How we handle this with our children is 2012. doomsday. Why? Because it’s the job of the very subjective, depending on the child’s age. A main stream media to sell FEAR. That’s why child under 10 years old only needs to know that Pope dismisses December you never feel good after watching the 6 o’clock there are no 2012 prophecies that state the world doomsday news. will end in 2012. Give your child the The movie, 2012, was filled with doom reassurance that he or she has nothing to worry and gloom and did not foretell an accurate about and the only thing that important is picture of what December 21, 2012 really TODAY. Then ask your child, “What would means. While the special effects were amazing, you like to do today?” That should get their most of the premise behind the movie was focus off of 2012 and onto their own needs. flawed. The main issue is that there are no We can talk a little more to preteens and Mayan prophecies in the Popol Vuh (the Mayan teens about 2012, such as discussing how they Creation Myth), the Dresden Codices or the feel about it and where they gathered their Chilam Balam that state that 2012 will be an information. Knowledge is they key to this apocalypse or doomsday. This is the real truth. conversation, so be prepared to answer their There are many other indigenous questions. If you don’t know an answer, be civilizations that also have a 2012 end date to honest and say, “I’m not sure but we can both their calendar and systems. None of these end look into it.” This will enhance the bond dates are apocalyptic or view December 21, between parent and child by actively doing this 2012 as a doomsday. together. Teens can be told how none of the 2012 represents the end date of the Mayan prophecies state that 2012 will be Mayan Long Count calendar, which is an apocalyptic. It is also important to give your Pope Benedict XVI has called on Christians not approximate 26,000 year cycle that is broken preteen or teen the reassurance that 2012 is not to heed doomsday warnings that the world will into 5 equal periods. While it is true that each a doomsday event. end on December 21. of the previous periods ended in cataclysm, the It is important to see how these During his weekly Angelus address 5TH world does not. This is perceived to be the occurances are connected to societal changes as from the window of his Vatican apartments on end of the world “as we know it”. well as changes in our solar system. Please use St Peter’s Square, Benedict spoke of extracts We are currently witnessing a period in discretion because some teens may seem from the Bible that speak of ‘‘the sun and moon time that is unprecedented in earth changes such mature, but are not ready for talking about this going out, the stars falling from the sky’’. as tsunamis, 7.0+ earthquakes, sinkholes, type of material. Several films and documentaries have massive land “cracks”, solar flares, mass animal Remember when you were a teenager? promoted the idea that the ancient Mayan die offs, etc… These changes are representing We thought we knew everything. Many teens calendar predicts that doomsday is next month, a change in humanity as well. People are won’t talk about this issue to their parents on December 21, 2012. standing up to oppressive governments and are because they either never heard of it or have But Benedict said that Jesus ‘‘does not discovering the hidden truths behind religion already formed their conclusions. I wouldn’t describe the end of the world, and when he uses and politics. We’re learning information at an recommend forcing them to talk about 2012. apocalyptic images, he is not acting the exponential rate and this is expanding our They’ll talk about it when they’re ready, just be prophet’’. consciousness exponentially as well. sure you’re prepared as a parent to answer their ‘‘On the contrary, he wants to stop his In alchemy, there is a saying, “as above, questions. disciples of every epoch from being curious so below”. This can also be internalized as, “as over dates, forecasts, and wants to give them the on the outside, so within”. Our entire solar ABUOUT THE AUTHOR: key to ... the right road to walk today and system is going through dramatic climate Gregg Prescott is a child & family tomorrow to enter into the eternal life,’’ he said. changes, and these changes are being reflected therapist who works predominantly with at-risk As many as 90,000 people are expected in how we perceive ourselves and our youth and their families. He is the author of to attend a massive event in Guatemala City on surroundings. This is why many people are 100+ Parenting Mistakes and has written a December 21, just in case the world actually going through various life changes, such as successful program designed to help at-risk does end, while tour groups are promoting ending a bad relationship, unemployment, youth, children going through the reunification doomsday-themed getaways. [] process and parents in need of parenting classes.