At the end of Sunday's blog I asked a question. The answer lies at the heart of Newsround's philosophy - it doesn't want to get kids thinking for themselves about religion etc, and maybe thinking their parents' beliefs might not be the whole story.

This is what Paul Smith meant when he talked about a 'contract' with parents (see blog 3 September 2006). It's a contract not to rock the boat! It is deeply disempowering to kids.

It's National Coming Out Day in the USA.