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Jesus held on the cross with nails in his hands

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TaFox · 20/03/2024 21:43

DD5 is in year 1 and has been learning about Jesus at school. Great stuff in the spirit of Easter.

The RE teacher told the class how Jesus was NAILED to the cross.

This is quite graphic for a little girl who believes that the Easter bunny will leave eggs in our garden.

Should I tell school that this is too much info for little ears?

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Dogdilemma2000 · 20/03/2024 21:55

I mean it’s right central to the mainstream religion of this county - it’s what the whole religion revolves around.

I assume the teacher missed out the bit where the guy on the next cross got his eyes plucked out by crows?

EverybodyIsFantastic · 20/03/2024 21:55

HalebiHabibti · 20/03/2024 21:47

It's the same message children have been given for over 1000 years.... how would you like the RE teacher to change it?

Jesus was mildly tickled on the cross?

(In fact, he wasn’t nailed through his hands. The Romans almost certainly crucified through the wrists. Hands wouldn’t have supported the body’s weight.)

Newuser75 · 20/03/2024 21:55

My son is now in year six but when he was in reception I remember him hearing the same thing at school. The teacher came out at pick up to tell me he had been quite upset about this and had sat with his hands over his ears crying. It's a bit gruesome for the sensitive ones .

Zanatdy · 20/03/2024 21:55

Well it’s good for her to know the true meaning of Easter and no it’s not all about bunnies and fun.

Doteycat · 20/03/2024 21:54

Sigh.

Precipice · 20/03/2024 21:54

If she'd ever been to a church (or seen many pictures of Jesus), she can see that often Jesus is portrayed on a cross with the nails also portrayed.

There is, however, dispute about whether crucifixion victims were generally nailed to the cross or tied to it.

MamaCM · 20/03/2024 21:53

I imagine the bunnies and eggs were around a long time before Jesus...

ChihuahuasREvil · 20/03/2024 21:53

if your daughter thinks a rabbit will leave eggs in her garden, that’s your fault. None of that has anything to do with Easter. I’m not religious, but seriously, come on.

TeenLifeMum · 20/03/2024 21:53

Kids love Horrible Histories (and so do I) but it’s full of gruesome stuff.

MoserRothOrangeandAlmond · 20/03/2024 21:53

Religion. I was brought up catholic.
Still don't know the faff of the Easter bunny....never mentioned in my household.
Even with my child we don't talk about the Easter bunny.... I don't know the meaning of it? Is it like Santa?
I just buy an egg and some crafts!!
I was taught from a very young age that Jesus was nailed to the cross. We even had a statue in our church that was Jesus nailed to the cross...even had a little bit of blood 🤣 I'm off to find a picture to post....

MyLovelyPurse · 20/03/2024 21:52

OP, are you sincerely surprised by this? Really?

As an adult, presumably living in a country with a Christian tradition, you must know the Easter story. I am not in any way religious but of course, like everyone in this country, I know the story about what happened to Jesus.

Your DD can’t be protected from such a foundational narrative, at the centre of our culture, religious or not. And, she will be fine.

If it really happened that is.

Redglitter · 20/03/2024 21:52

You do realise Easter is actually about the crucifixion & not bunnies & chocolate.

Good luck telling the teacher how to teach

ASighMadeOfStone · 20/03/2024 21:52

@TaFox is she currently screaming hysterically and refusing ever to go to school or touch anything made of wood again?
Seeing as you said they have had the lesson already?
If yes, then maybe mention to the teacher that your child is a bit sensitive and had a reaction to the lesson.
If not, then what's the problem?

MumChp · 20/03/2024 21:52

What else should teachers cover up? Your child properly handles it better than you.

user1745 · 20/03/2024 21:52

She probably won't really fully understand how horrible it is to be nailed by your hands at her age. She will understand the words, but not just how gory it would have been, if that makes sense. The same as how we all learnt from a very young age how people were beheaded in the Tudor era, but we probably didn't fully appreciate the details of it (assuming no graphic images are being shown).

CryHavoc · 20/03/2024 21:51

I went to a Catholic school and watched the full Robert Powell Jesus of Nazareth films every Easter from being 4. Whipping and nails and crown of thorns and all.

It's the Easter story, far more than bunnies and chicks are.

PrincessTeaSet · 20/03/2024 21:51

It's such a shocking story that you have to start young so that you're desensitised. Hearing it for the first time as an adult would be worse

notyourmummy · 20/03/2024 21:51

That's what Easter is about though? And kids love all the blood, guts and gore. My SEN EYFS were most upset they don't get to crucify each other (had to make do with split pin crucifying a little figure instead!)

Pussygaloregalapagos · 20/03/2024 21:51

I think that is how the story goes........ maybe they could add a TW or say it was sticky tape!

OurfriendsintheNE · 20/03/2024 21:50

Just wait til they do the ancient Egyptians 🪝 👃🏼 🧠

TeenLifeMum · 20/03/2024 21:50

😂 Velcro Jesus! Do you remember those bouncy castles with the Velcro walls from the 1990s? @tangledupp

NorthCliffs · 20/03/2024 21:50

My 4 year old son carefully examined a particularly gruesome crucifix on a table in a Catholic church. He said 'Where's his socks? Aren't his feet cold?' and moved on.

BMW6 · 20/03/2024 21:50

Easter isn't about bunnies and chocolate eggs OP.

DinnaeFashYersel · 20/03/2024 21:50

I'm an atheist but come on the Easter story is about the crucifixion of Christ - not magic bunnies.

😳

StarlightLime · 20/03/2024 21:50

Easter bunnies 🤦‍♀️ Easter is not about bunnies or chocolate, op. Grow up.

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