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I would like to just start off opening up for questions.

One of the questions that I have is, like, my kids are 5, 2, 14-year-olds, 16, 18, 19.

And at what point or how do you navigate with your children,

what you're going through, do you let them find out on their own,

and then the question of integrity is later raised.

So how do you...

Fantastic question.

This is a complex one.

And this is something that I can't begin to claim to say that I have figured out

because my oldest is 14 years old.

They're not 40 and you can't see what types of kids they end up being.

All I can do is tell you how I've dealt with it and the experiences for those with whom I've discussed things with.

And I would say there's an age factor in this and believe it or not,

some of you might have never contemplated trying to explain polygamy to a 4-year-old or a 6-year-old.

But there's a... or DNA evidence to a 5-year-old.

You know, there's an age to which this crisis of faith you're having just isn't relevant to a young child.

And so one of the first things you have to decide is at what age...

what is the age appropriate for starting to consider addressing these things.

And I would say before 8, it works on some levels.

So for me, you know, when my 5-year-old, when we read her the story of Noah,

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