Jeff's program this year was, well, interesting. When we arrived the first thing I noticed was the poster to the left of the stage. Can you see it? It says, "Child of the World". Now, in our religion we teach our children that they are Children of God and that they must rise above the things of this world. When the program began I realized that while the point of the program was good- the message was not in line with what we teach our children. The message of the program was that, as children of the world they have the responsibility to treat others with respect, compassion, and kindness, and honesty. We teach those things as Christ-like principles. Jeff's part was the letter P in respect. With each attribute the children had a little song and examples of ways to show that kind of behavior. Jeff even learned a song about being a "Child of the World". We got to have a really great talk on the way home from the program about being a Child of God and how Christ is the exemplar of all those attributes. It seems sad to me that I have to refute the schools teachings even in 3rd grade. The world is definitely changing!
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