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[jazzra369]

So, our son goes to a non-secretarian private school. However, they do say a prayer at lunch each day - the whole school ages 3-12th grade eat lunch together and learn etiquette, etc. So, we really haven't mentioned religion or God or anything to our son yet. When I found out they pray at lunch, just to see what he thought about it I asked him, "So, who are you praying to?" "To Mr. D**** (the prinical)" he replied. Oh, we laughed for quite a bit over that! Thank, you, Mr. D**** for our food (that we paid for

[danisgossipgirl]

Hah! Makes sense.

My son started learning the pledge of allegiance in preschool (which I feel odd about, he's only 4 and they've got him reciting something he doesn't understand at all...) and he thinks it goes "under dog" instead of "under god" but that works fine for now.

[xcrissx]

That's a great story. He'll enjoy you telling his fiancé that one day.
At the terrible preschool we briefly sent my son to, they said the pledge and then they said the pledge to the Christian flag... I wasn't aware such a thing existed. DH is former military and he was livid.

[ryn]

LMFAO my mother came to visit us when Alyce (DD2) was about five years old - she bowed her head and started praying over dinner at our table (standard Mormon prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, we thank thee for this food before us. We ask that thou wilt bless it, that it will strengthen us and nourish us...). Alyce loudly interrupted with, "WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO? ARE YOU ON THE PHONE? ARE YOU TALKING TO WALMART? WE GOT THE FOOD AT WALMART."

It was hilarious.

[danisgossipgirl]

Jan 21, 2015 20:04:18 GMT -5 xcrissx said:

That's a great story. He'll enjoy you telling his fiancé that one day.
At the terrible preschool we briefly sent my son to, they said the pledge and then they said the pledge to the Christian flag... I wasn't aware such a thing existed. DH is former military and he was livid.

Christian flag? Yah I've never heard of such a thing.

[iloverunning]

These are funny. DS (4 yrs) watched Hercules over Christmas break. Now he keeps talking about Gods and asking if Gods are real. Well, we went to an art museum and in the ancient antiquities there were several depictions of Herkules. My son is now convinced Hercules was real. He also saw paintings of Jesus and after talking with him about the story, he is a believer because "Jesus was a real-life zombie".

[emmaswan]

My DD used to come home and say grace at dinner. I was like...WTF?? We wound up taking her out of there for other reasons.

At the new school I moved her to, she would say "grace" but it was "For what we are about to receive, we are truly grateful." That was okay by me...nothing wrong with a little gratitude.

[theoriginalbean]

Jan 22, 2015 8:28:26 GMT -5 danisgossipgirl said:

Jan 21, 2015 20:04:18 GMT -5 xcrissx said:

That's a great story. He'll enjoy you telling his fiancé that one day.
At the terrible preschool we briefly sent my son to, they said the pledge and then they said the pledge to the Christian flag... I wasn't aware such a thing existed. DH is former military and he was livid.

Christian flag? Yah I've never heard of such a thing.

Same. Never heard of it.

Our 1st grader doesn't even pledge to the american flag, which I'm totally cool with at this age.

[acpruchnik]

Toddlers and their honesty! Love it!

We've never pushed Atheism on our son and have actually let him go to church with my parents whenever he's asked to. We want him to grow up with an understanding of both and make his own choice about it.

My DS is 4 and a few weeks ago we were out at a Chinese buffet on a Sunday afternoon. The lady in the booth behind us decided to spark up a conversation with my son (odd enough to me in it's own but she was nice and he was responsive so I let it go). She asked him if he goes to school, he said yes. She asked him if he learns about his ABC's etc, he said yes. Asked him where he went to school, I glared at her. Then she smirked at me and asked him if he learns about Jesus at school. He looked at us, looked back at her, and with the sweetest look on his little sauce covered face said "I don't believe in Jesus and I go to school, not church. There's a difference." Her jaw damn near dropped, she turned around and the conversation was over. I was super proud of him for standing up for what he's decided are his beliefs. I was also giggling to myself as quietly as possible because the look she gave me was priceless. He may or may not have gotten extra ice cream after he finished his lunch

[snarkysparklefart]

Not my kiddo, but my BFs oldest came home from school asking who 'Amen' is. Because the other kids at lunch pray, and he was rather confused at who they're talking to. Hehe.