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[quote=Anonymous]My son goes to a center in Alexandria. When he was about 2.5, I found out they say a little prayer before their meal when my son started saying it at home. There is no God or Jesus mentioned, but they do say Amen when it’s done.

We’re not a religious family. I guess you could say we are sort of agnostic. If he asks about churches or God, or Jesus, or why we celebrate Christmas or Easter, or something, I explain (I have a religion degree from a secular SLAC), but we don’t go to church, or pray or anything.

The women who work at his center are Hispanic, and mostly Catholic. I don’t know if the center director was the one driving this, or it’s something the teachers in his room came up with. I assume it was the latter, because they stopped saying it when he moved to the 3s class.

I just let the praying at daycare thing go. I have bigger fish to fry (like the center sending home “homework” for preschoolers).

There will be times in his life where there will be a group prayer (to any number of dieties, depending on where he is) and he can either join in, or sit respectfully. I don’t think it’s harmful to say thank you for your food, even if you don’t believe Christian God provided it.[/quote]

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