Spiritual Inoculation

Russel M. Nelson taught: "The term inoculate is fascinating. It comes from two Latin roots: in, meaning “within”; and oculus, meaning “an eye.” The verb to inoculate, therefore, literally means “to put an eye within”—to monitor against harm.
An affliction like polio can cripple or destroy the body. An affliction like sin can cripple or destroy the spirit. The ravages of polio can now be prevented by immunization, but the ravages of sin require other means of prevention. Doctors cannot immunize against iniquity.
Spiritual protection comes only from the Lord —and in his own way. Jesus chooses not to inoculate, but to indoctrinate. His method employs no vaccine; it utilizes the teaching of divine doctrine—a governing “eye within”—to protect the eternal spirits of his children."

Following this reasoning, I want my children to develop a mature and abiding faith to sustain them through the vicissitudes of life. This type of faith is based on truth, not fables or fictions.

Too many adults end up blindsided when they discover some of what they based the foundation of their faith on was simply faith promoting fiction, or a sanitized version of church/biblical history, or conflating current or past policy for true doctrine. I believe if our children are exposed to the good, the bad and the ugly in church history, it will inoculate them against this type of spiritual blindside. Teaching them truth, even if it isn't pretty can only benefit them in the long run. Ultimately teaching them to rely on their Father in Heaven for light and truth, not on fallible (albeit well intentioned humans) is essential in my opinion. What say ye?