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In Telos, "only" when a couple is united together in a sacred marriage are
they allowed to have children. Since parenting in Telos is a long-term project,
couples desiring to have children must first take a special parenting training.
On the surface you must go through driver's education and have a license to
drive a car, but any inexperienced, emotionally unstable sixteen year old
child can give birth. These surface children participate in this all important
responsibility of bringing another life into the world without any preparation
or understanding of life itself.
Children born in Telos spend a full two years in twenty-four-hour care with
both mother and father. This is most crucial to the psychological make-up of
the child. The father takes the first two years of the child's life off from his
civil duties so that the infant can have balanced and equal time with the
earthly representatives of Father/Mother God. Since the government provides
all necessities for living, the Temple makes sure that this is virtually a
requirement for the parents.
The newborn child in Telos will actually receive a set of ten godparents soon
after birth. This has many advantages. In Telos, a child will never feel that
he/she does not receive enough attention with an additional twenty doting
parental figures to guide them through their early years. It is usually
arranged that all ten sets of godparents chosen will have newborn children of
their own. This way, even if you are an only child, you will always have
surrogate brothers and sisters to interact and play with. As the child grows,
it will always spend time living with each set of godparents.
This instills a subconscious acceptance that Father/Mother God will always
be present since so much love from varying sources is provided to them.
Children learn early on that they will always be loved, cared for and provided
for.
Children begin schooling at the age of three and their basic education
continues until they reach the age of eighteen. Between three and five years,
five days a week, they attend a half-day of organized play directed at learning
basic social and art skills. Basics such as colors and numbers are taught in
fun games. From five years on, they are in school for a full day, just like
schools in your civilization.