(April 13, 2011 at 11:51 pm)Cinjin Cain Wrote: What do you do when your 2 year old son walks up to you and sees an action figure of jesus in your hand (it was a joke gift from my sister) and says to you, "thats jesus - he loves me. He saved me."
Yeah - you know he damn-sure didn't get that info from me!
My wife's parents are christians (so are mine, but they're a good distance away), so I'm pretty sure he got it from them and/or their friends. At any rate - I'm pissed to say the least, but what do you do when its your wife's family?
Does my 2YR OLD son really need to be indoctrinated with the same bullshit that I was fed when I was a toddler?! Don't parents have the RIGHT to keep religions (even popular ones) away from their children????
Give me your thoughts if you would.
A 2 year old has no idea what is going on. It's just a figure with a name, he cannot understand those complicated concepts. Most likely he will not understand it if you make a big deal out of it. Kids just copy you and accept what you say. Unfortunately something is easier to copy than nothing. You are free to disagree with your son and point out the other side. Believe me, he will make up his own mind when he is older. I know full well what it is like to have religious grandparents. However, without a solid backing of the religion it means nothing. I went along with every silly religious thing they did on visits and it never changed me a bit.
Your wife's parents are inconsiderate, but they probably don't realize it. If they do, they probably justify it with saying it is not a bad thing. Again, that means they don't realize they are inconsiderate. Mind that this applies to you, your kid won't mind it. As I said, they won't break your kid with some religious talk, just as long as they don't bring the fire and brimstone. If they did that, I'd never go there again.
