[Ammi]

Originally Posted by letmein

She's their mother; it's up to her. Nothing to see here.

Originally Posted by letmein

Brainwashing and indoctrination kills choice.

..yeah I agree letmein, it is her choice as a parent because there is always the option of not allowing her children to participate..but that's the thing though, she wants them to have free choices without influence etc as she sees any religious based activity or trip and yet what she is doing is in itself influencing by showing her disapproval in such strong and definite ways..in not experiencing these things then how can they make free choices...their choices at such a young age will inevitably lean toward their parents views which is fine and understandable but it reduces balance also...


..I would think also that in a non Christian school and also with the cost of the visit that at the most this would be an annual trip for that year group so it wouldn't really indoctrinate or brainwash in any way and I think that's also what she's not considering...also it's not just that one day and visit that they're missing out on...it also excludes them from the excitement/build up etc that their peers are part of and then the excitement of discussing it all afterwards..when parents exclude their children from anything at school, I'm not sure that they always consider that exclusion from other perspectives for their child as well and for their child that it's less going to in any way cause influence etc and they're not thinking of it as a 'religious trip' themselves as such but more just an exciting school visit and a more chilled time to spend with their classmates...it just feels as though it's becoming more something of more importance and more what she sees as 'negative and influence' because the parents themselves are making it so and by doing that, causing strong influences themselves...