Posts by rowdypanther12

So, I guess nobody would have an issue with using an inverted cross or an inverted pentagram, right?

Well, it really just comes down to the fact that the parents gave 😁 reluctant permission, but they were still 😁

Since kids aren't required to take religion classes, nobody can force them to stay in the classroom during those periods. I get that smaller schools might not have the resources to set up special workshops in the library for students who aren't participating, but they absolutely have to let them go outside or head to the library instead.
If the school refuses, there's always a higher authority you can appeal to. My kid wouldn't push it that far—they certainly wouldn't go all the way to the White House over this.

Kids only attend religious education classes if their parents allow it. I personally would never let my child sit through a religion class. It happened once when they were three due to a weird set of circumstances, so I didn't make a scene at the time. But if it ever happened again, I wouldn't just let it slide.

Feel free to say whatever is on your mind. You could write about Jedi, Faith of the Seven, or honestly, just anything else you feel like

Susan James said:The thing about those government stats is that atheists get lumped right in there too. Their parents just list them as Catholic, and when the census workers come around, they don't wait for everyone to be home—they just ask the parents.

My sister was actually away on a study abroad program in Europe when the census happened, and my parents just checked the "Catholic" box for her.
A whole bunch of her friends ended up the same way.
And probably tons of other people, too.
Besides, this whole census thing feels pretty pointless anyway.

That's easy for them to say, but most people think you're Catholic simply because you aren't Protestant—mostly just because you celebrate Christmas on the same day.
Good grief, I had a friend claim he was Orthodox once. How can you call yourself Orthodox when you've never even stepped foot in a church or been baptized?
Well, yeah, we follow the old calendar at our house.
😂

I don't really care what the church says; official government statistics are what actually matter 😁 besides, neither I nor my child attend services 😁
he was baptized, but unless they start taxing it, he won't be signing any paperwork to change his status 😁

You don't really count toward the official statistics unless you're actually baptized. Even if you list yourself as Catholic on the census just because you celebrate Christmas on the 25th instead of the 7th, it doesn't quite work that way. 😁

There might be a way for them to just take religious education classes so they can receive communion, but parents would have to jump through a lot of hoops and negotiate with half the parish to make that happen. It's unlikely many would bother with all that hassle.
Besides, there's no communion without the prep work, so it wouldn't make much sense for a kid to take communion if they've never actually attended the classes.
Communion is basically the ceremony where you're officially welcomed into the church, so how could you do that without the foundation of the religious education first?

Richard Perez3 said:My kid isn't doing the religious ed classes. He wasn't even the only one, either—it started with five kids, then eight, and now more than half the class is skipping out.
I remember back when my friend's daughter was in the class next door, she was the only one left doing it. After that year, though, the floodgates opened.
Don't let them push you around, and don't let them intimidate you. You've gotta lead by example for your kids—show them how to actually live, how to hold their ground, and how to refuse to be backed into a corner.

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I guess if you enroll your kid in religious education just because everyone else is doing it, you can't really turn around ten years later and say, "Just because everyone was smoking weed doesn't mean I have to follow the crowd."😂

In my experience, if there are about 20 kids in a grade who aren't attending school, there’s no way they’re going to group them together and create one massive, unmanageable classroom.
It seems like they’re actually trying to consolidate more students into single classrooms, at least at our local school district.
It just makes things easier for everyone involved.

If he were my kid, I wouldn't let him sit through religious studies. Sure, you might find a single student in a class occasionally, but I doubt that happens very often in larger American school districts.

We'll probably just crash into it eventually😁

As far as I know, there aren't any shifts at ZGB—or at least, I don't think anyone does them anywhere
Classes are always in the morning, and then after-school programs are in the afternoon.

I’ve never actually been to church myself, 😂
so my little one hasn't really had any priests or nuns to explain things to her. She doesn't interact with them much—it's mostly just the kids. Not all of them, though; there are three or four real characters in her class. Honestly, I just feel for those kids.

Honestly, I think 😁Waitap
is way too intense to be assigned as required reading.

Truth
They actually tried explaining to my little one that she’d end up in hell if she didn't comply, for example
But honestly, it never once crossed my mind to teach my child to just bow her head and blend in. It’s so fundamentally different from how I was raised that I can't even fathom it. From a young age, I've encouraged her to speak her mind, ignore the noise of what others think, and live by her own rules.

Even if I were more conventional, I don't see how a kid could just "fit in" simply by attending Catholic Religious Education. Does that mean I should be at Mass every Sunday too? Because otherwise, I guess I wouldn't fit in either.
And what about all those other ways a kid might stand out? What if they love sports, colors, or games that aren't considered "appropriate" for their group? What if they have interests that aren't typical for their age? Or if they actually enjoy school when everyone else hates it—or vice versa? What if...
How much are you really willing to change yourselves or your children just to avoid standing out?

If a kid is in after-school care, does that mean they stay until 7? I'm a little confused about how things work for students in religious studies—if the teacher doesn't show up until 9 because there isn't a first period, what happens to them between 7 and 9?
I won't say anything about enrolling kids in religious education since I feel like I'm living in a different dimension and we clearly aren't on the same page.

That’s just what I wrote, responding to wanderinghawk30’s advice about handling a child.
It works fine, provided the parents aren't at extreme opposite ends of the spectrum.
She mentioned that if I'm not mistaken, the dad is strictly against it, while she really wants to go through with it.
I mean, if one parent thinks their kid is headed for hell without being baptized or confirmed, and the other thinks religious education will mess with the child's psyche and potentially ruin their mental health, then there's just no middle ground.
I honestly don't get how two people with such polar opposite views ended up together in the first place.

Okay, let’s simplify this.
Why on earth would I sit my kid down to talk about attending religious education classes if I honestly believe it's incredibly harmful and damaging to a child's mental health?