Comments on: I Think We Have a Winner http://www.amymossoff.com/parenting/212/i-think-we-have-a-winner/ Surround Yourself with Things You Value Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:14:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Amy http://www.amymossoff.com/parenting/212/i-think-we-have-a-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 Amy Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:35:23 +0000 http://www.amymossoff.com/?p=212#comment-1490 Kim - ha! Two of the schools I visited assured me that there was no religion in their schools. Nope, no way, we are not affiliated with any creed and we respect all views and we celebrate all holidays. No. No religion. Then I asked if they said a prayer before lunch and they said yes! (But, like your school, it is more like grace and it's not a show-stopper. Still, funny.) I agree with the idea that kids can reason out the errors in all the bad views in our culture. What we need to do is help them learn to think properly. Kim – ha! Two of the schools I visited assured me that there was no religion in their schools. Nope, no way, we are not affiliated with any creed and we respect all views and we celebrate all holidays. No. No religion. Then I asked if they said a prayer before lunch and they said yes! (But, like your school, it is more like grace and it’s not a show-stopper. Still, funny.)

I agree with the idea that kids can reason out the errors in all the bad views in our culture. What we need to do is help them learn to think properly.

]]> By: Kim http://www.amymossoff.com/parenting/212/i-think-we-have-a-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-1489 Kim Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:43:32 +0000 http://www.amymossoff.com/?p=212#comment-1489 You haven't seen anything until you see the 'peace' education that comes in elementary school. I know you've got a while before you are in that time period, but it was serious in my kid's old school. I agree that you will be dealing with all of that stuff at any school. Sometimes with private schools you can talk to the individual teachers and let them know where you stand. You might want to find out if they say 'grace' before lunch. Mine used to, and we talked to the teachers and found out that it was very secular (thanking the 'earth' for the food), and even though we didn't ask them to stop, they did eliminate it anyway. My husband and I agreed that Montessori was the best option considering I was working. We just hoped that the great foundation that was laid would help my kids reason out the truth about the environmental stuff. You haven’t seen anything until you see the ‘peace’ education that comes in elementary school. I know you’ve got a while before you are in that time period, but it was serious in my kid’s old school.

I agree that you will be dealing with all of that stuff at any school. Sometimes with private schools you can talk to the individual teachers and let them know where you stand. You might want to find out if they say ‘grace’ before lunch. Mine used to, and we talked to the teachers and found out that it was very secular (thanking the ‘earth’ for the food), and even though we didn’t ask them to stop, they did eliminate it anyway.

My husband and I agreed that Montessori was the best option considering I was working. We just hoped that the great foundation that was laid would help my kids reason out the truth about the environmental stuff.

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