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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a teachable moment. The onus is on you to use the opportunity to help your child understand that you have different views/beliefs and explain the differences in an age appropriate manner.

It is a bit ridiculous to point out the steps the school has taken to not be overtly offensive to non-Christians at the school.

How are you going to shield him from store displays, holiday movies and ads, Christmas trees in windows/neighborhoods, and nativity scenes on church grounds?  Do you cover his eyes at Ice since the last room is always a nativity scene?  [/quote]

I think it's a leap to take the situation/question I laid out and claim that I'm trying to shield my kid from Christmas. Our kid enjoys the Christmas lights in our neighborhood and has seen the Grinch and the Charlie Brown Christmas specials on TV (along with the Rugrats Hanukkah episode). We make a game out of find-the-Hanukkah-decorations in store displays and talk about the fact that the majority of people here celebrate Christmas. We attend Christmas parties at friends' houses to help them celebrate their holiday. If I had a problem with those things, I would enroll him in Jewish day school or move to Israel.

(I'm not sure what Ice is that ends in a nativity scene? Safe to say we haven't been.)

A nativity scene on church grounds is different, because it's a religious symbol in a religious space where it belongs. I don't have a problem explaining to my kid what it is and why it's there when we pass a church. My kid can understand that different religions have different beliefs and different symbols.

Why is it "ridiculous" to point out the ways the school is supportive of all of its students? My point is that overall the school does a good job of handling their diverse student population, which is partially why I'm surprised by the video.[/quote]

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