1 hour ago, dimreepr said:

Indeed, so saying something like 'it's absolutely not meant for children.' is clearly false...

Fair enough.

Some are clearly not, the examples I gave, why does a child need to know about the rules for marriage, slavery, adultery and warfare?

Some of the historical texts would have been passed to children.

Just now, pinball1970 said:

Some are clearly not, the examples I gave, why does a child need to know about the rules for marriage, slavery, adultery and warfare?

It depends on the context the teacher provides, clearly...

If a child grows up in a war zone, it has to be taught 'how to survive a war zone'... 😉