I spent the day with my brother-in-law a few weeks ago (a real treat). I adore my BIL but we are at different ends of the political spectrum. I mentioned that I was considering enrolling my daughter in the Catholic school that my nieces go to (not his kids). He immediately said something about how great it is to not have to deal with the prayer in school issue.
For me, that's almost a reason to not do it. My thoughts are more towards smaller class sizes, personal attention, parental involvement and the fact that her cousins are there. It's not about prayer in schools. In fact, given that I shudder at some of the lessons she hears in Faith Formation (aka Sunday School), I'm really really on the fence about sending her to a school in which she's be going to mass every morning.
Don't get me wrong, I choose to practice Catholicism and I think that being raised within religion provides a sound moral framework for a child. It's just that my opinion of some of the teachings, especially the Old Testament stories, are so out of whack with Church doctoring.
How do you teach a child to respect the values of the teachings without encouraging them to believe the supposed facts of the teachings?
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