First, what an absolutely beautiful story about your work for these children. It’s truly inspiring!
As to your question, I always default to honesty. I say “hmm… I wonder!” quite a lot! I will not introduce models that I know to be false, even if/when the prevailing culture is dead set on that paradigm. Such as, virus’, the nature of the universe and our realm, etc. These are important, and tend to shape the foundational images-which later become the concept- of the little child’s view of the world and themselves. Likewise I will never take from their experience something which *I* don’t understand- and this is probably the most difficult challenge because, at least I, tend to jump to a conclusion intellectually without bothering to consider what all the bodies and perceptions of the child are seeing and feeling. Children are still more spiritually perfect than we are, since they’ve been here for far less time and haven’t deadened those senses entirely, if at all.
All in all, though, it really is up to each of us as a mother or father to pursue that path which most aligns with our own ideals. Since I do believe becoming a mother or father is a spiritual path of development 🙂
