In America one doesnot have to say the pledge or stand for it.- Many states have different state laws for public reciting- private schools receiving no federal funds can make their own rules.
At the olympics it's considered a sign of respect at the medal ceremony to stand while the national anthem is playing for any country.

Parents talk to your children and make a family decision. You have the freedom to decide in the USA

https://thehill.com/homenews/3256719-47-states-require-the-pledge-of-allegiance-be-recited-in-schools-here-is-a-breakdown-of-each-states-laws/

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Anonymous wrote:Our independent school doesn’t.
We say it in the car together at drop off.

Do you project an image of the flag on the Tesla screen? Is there a tiny little Elon waving in the corner? With a picture of his green card?

You sound edgy and cool. Seriously. Super awesome and fun to be around. How do you come up with such witty material?

Anonymous wrote:Our independent school doesn’t.
We say it in the car together at drop off.

Do you project an image of the flag on the Tesla screen? Is there a tiny little Elon waving in the corner? With a picture of his green card?

Anonymous wrote:Teach your kid to be proud of America and all of it’s freedoms.

its not it’s

…and the choice of whether to recite or not is a beautiful expression of freedom. I am glad you respect individual freedom.

Nothing cries out FREEDOM! and LIBERTY! quite like the enforced recitation of loyalty oaths by minors too young to give their consent.

That was common in many unfree regimes throughout history.

Our 8 yo DS goes to a pk-8 school. He learned the pledge at scouts and now thinks it's cool. Had no familiarity with it from school.

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Anonymous wrote:Teach your kid to be proud of America and all of it’s freedoms.

Freedom? There is no freedom in the current America. Maybe we should teach our that instead of propaganda.

If you really believe that, you should visit other countries more often and read credible foreign news sources more than now.

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Anonymous wrote:Just to clarify - no one can make your child pledge allegiance. Make sure your child knows this. They don’t have to stand, or recite, etc.
they may want to stand and just keep their mouth closed. Just reminding everyone that no one can make them pledge.

We teach ours to stand and actively participate in the pledge and to be proud of being American.

We teach ours to be engaged citizens and critical thinkers.

Ours are all that AND proudly stand and participate in the pledge. Apparently you do not appreciate the many freedoms that we have that other parts of the world wish they had. Try living overseas for a while, it might open your eyes to how wonderful the USA really is.

Like freedom of the press? Freedom of speech? The current government does not seem to approve of those.

The previous government did wonders on those freedoms too. Condemn all of it or none of it. Otherwise, it’s just my team your team bullshit.

The previous administration infringed on freedom of speech in an imaginary QAnon/maga alternative universe. See that’s the difference.

Anonymous wrote:Teach your kid to be proud of America and all of it’s freedoms.

We aren’t even allowed to criticize a dead d list celebrity without facing the wrath of the state. With no PC, citizens are being harassed by ICE to prove their citizens. Tell me more about our freedoms.

Our independent school doesn’t.
We say it in the car together at drop off.

Just teach it to him.

Anonymous wrote:Teach your kid to be proud of America and all of it’s freedoms.

Freedom? There is no freedom in the current America. Maybe we should teach our that instead of propaganda.

My DD's schools (SR) doesn't do this.

Anonymous wrote:Teach your kid to be proud of America and all of it’s freedoms.

You can do that without talking to a flag. I think the national anthem at sporting events is funny. Outside of sporting event, none of those people would give a second thought to the anthem.

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Anonymous wrote:Just to clarify - no one can make your child pledge allegiance. Make sure your child knows this. They don’t have to stand, or recite, etc.
they may want to stand and just keep their mouth closed. Just reminding everyone that no one can make them pledge.

We teach ours to stand and actively participate in the pledge and to be proud of being American.

We teach ours to be engaged citizens and critical thinkers.

Ours are all that AND proudly stand and participate in the pledge. Apparently you do not appreciate the many freedoms that we have that other parts of the world wish they had. Try living overseas for a while, it might open your eyes to how wonderful the USA really is.

Like freedom of the press? Freedom of speech? The current government does not seem to approve of those.

The previous government did wonders on those freedoms too. Condemn all of it or none of it. Otherwise, it’s just my team your team bullshit.