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[quote=Anonymous]We found out this week when my husband dropped our daughter off a bit late one morning that they pray before meals at our daycare.  It's something like thanking Jesus for the meal.  We aren't religious, it's a secular daycare, and there's nothing about prayer in their curriculum.  My husband asked about it this morning and their temporary solution is to remove our daughter from the table during the prayer, which is not a long term solution because we don't want her to be singled out or feel that she's missing out.  She's 22 months and our only child, so our first experience with this. Otherwise we've been happy with this daycare and she's been there since she was an infant.  My sense from Googling is that prayer before meals is pretty common (why?) and I don't want to make a big issue out of something that is just standard practice and not going to change.  I'm considering asking the director to have staff change the 'prayer' to a 'poem' - they can thank the cooks who prepared the meal or something like that.  Any thoughts on whether it's worth trying?  I'm having a hard time navigating between standing up for our beliefs and not being "those" parents.  Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving!       [/quote]

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