What do humanist and non Christian parents do about easter at school?
Here’s a thought: be quiet and let it go. That’s the way the world is: Most of the time you just have to shut up and put up with it. When she goes out into the world, she’s not going to be “removed’ from her job because their are Easter decorations nor will Easter be turned into “Spring” celebrations. She will have to deal with it. Why not teach that to her now? Experiencing Easter isn’t going to change what you teach her any more than my son became Jewish because they discussed Hanukkah in school at length this year. It merely broadened his knowledge of the world but yet continue to be Christian and to celebrate Christian holidays. His Jewish friend doesn’t suddenly become Christian because Santa appears at a friend’s birthday party that happens near Christmas. Her mother doesn’t pull her away from Santa or disallows her to be in the photo with Santa and all the other kids. Neither of us allows our kids to be left out of the celebration simply because we don’t celebrate it. Yet, my so
No offence, but you sound as bad as some religious people, who ram their beliefs down their childrens throats. By excluding her from celebrating religious festivals, you prevent her from having fun, and discovering her beliefs for herself. Your strict control over what information she is allowed to access could inadvertently end up pushing her away from atheism. Life is full of different religions, you can’t just shut them out in the hope she will never encounter them. It’s important to learn about different religions, because it helps you to understand other people among other things. Remember, she will only spend at most a few hours a week learning about religion, the majority of her time is spent in other lessons and at your home in atheist environment. So I doubt it will impact her life that much. I am proof of this, I wasn’t brought up as a Christian, and I had to take part in all the religious stuff whilst I was at school, but it hasn’t made me Christian at all. So I don’t think
