Entry 7

     We have taught our children not to judge people by how they look or where they are from. We teach them that just because someone is not the same as us does not make them bad. It just makes them different. Why then do we allow adults to treat a religion different from all the others? Christianity may look different (symbol) or not be from here (originated some place else) but that does not make it something bad. We are teaching our children that it is ok to think something different is bad through the separation of church and state.


     Our children are thinking it is acceptable to put down, belittle and make fun of others that are not the same as them when it comes to religion. Separation of Church and State is helping this crisis. By not allowing our children to learn about other religions and about what their foundational beliefs are, or even where their beliefs have come from, where the bases of their beliefs are from we are condoning our childrens behaviors. Our children are going to grow up believing it is ok to not learn about things that are different from them. Children that believe different is wrong are being taught this way by adults.

By taking religion out of the schools students are seeing it as something that is bad and wrong. Do we really want to be sending such a message to our future adults? we are depriving our children of being able to experience diversity in more than one level. We are not asking educators to preach the religions. We could ask that students be exposed to the history, the origins, and maybe even the symbols and basis of the religion. We are not trying to convert children just educate them. Here is a link for Bullying and Religion . I believe these are some of the things we should be implementing into our schools. If we want our children to respect others as adults, then we need to be teaching them how to respect others as children.

References

Bullying and religion. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.teenbelief.com/bullying.html: