My DDs' daycare participates in the Operation Christmas Child shoebox campaign. I hadn't heard of them until last year when they had some shoe boxes and leaflets by the reception area. I took a box home and after reading the leaflet, researched them a bit on the Internet. I didn't like what I read and decided not to bother. All well and good - DD was none the wiser and never asked about it
They are doing it again this year. However, this year they seem to have pushed the idea onto the children. DD was really excited about it when I went to collect her and asked if we could take a shoe box home as "some children don't get any Christmas presents". I told her no, and used the excuse that she is about to leave daycare to start school and her school maybe doing something else.
The last three evenings I have picked her up she had asked about us taking a shoe box home and I keep saying "no". I witnessed another boy in tears when his dad told him they weren't taking a box either.
I am annoyed that daycare have been pushing this on to the children and am considering complaining. The daycare is part of a national chain and the decision to partipate in OCC is made at a national level. Is it unreasonable to complain?
I would also appreciate any advice on how I can explain my reservations (which are the evangelising and comments made about other religions) about OCC to DD (5) in an age appropriate way. I am atheist and god had never really come up in our lives before. I don't really want our first discussion around god to be about this!
By the way, I am in New Zealand if it is relevant. I assume that OCC get everywhere!
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Whowouldfardelsbear · 04/10/2013 06:04
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