I’m not sure I understand your question, dcscccc, but I’ll try.
Much like Christy, I talk about traditional young earthism to my children. I make sure they know that I respect their Christian schoolteachers and friends who believe that God created the world in six literal days, and that they shouldn’t go around school saying, “Well MY dad says…” I tell them that there are different ways of reading the Bible’s stories, that I read those stories differently, and that nature tells us that the universe is billions of years old, and wow, isn’t God amazing?
Today I asked my eight-year-old, “Now, hon, you haven’t gone around school telling them God took billions of years to create the world since we last talked, have you?” And she said, “No, but I know God took billions of years to create the world. He’s still creating the world!” I said, “Wow, I agree, honey! But what do you mean by that?” and she said, “Well, he’s creating babies in wombs, and making seeds grow, and making the sun rise and the moon set.”
Out of the mouth of babes…
I don’t teach “creation science” to my kids, because I don’t think it’s true and I don’t want them to grow up confused and unnecessarily distrust God when they find out that the absolutely overwhelming weight of the scientific evidence points to an ancient earth and modification by descent. It’s the same reason I don’t teach them about Santa Claus.
I know you won’t agree with that, and that’s okay. We’re still all in this together.
Peace to you —