This is my one token Thanksgiving q, I promise…I don’t celebrate it, my partner’s family does…we don’t really tell our kids anything about the day other than we eat turkey on the day…there are a lot opinions out there as to whether this is a holiday that celebrates a historical reality that never occurred…because, in reality, the killing off of American Indians is the only thing that comes to mind of that era, anyhow…but to many people, this holiday isn’t about the past, it’s about the present and being thankful…yet in schools kids get fed the whole pilgrims ate with the nice Indians over a turkey crap and people don’t teach kids otherwise…or maybe you do…how do you, as a parent, if at all, approach these contradictions or this holiday when it comes to educating your kids? Does what you tell your kids contradict what you believe about this holiday?

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