To feel so unsure about primary school

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Our closest schools are on the same road as us. One Catholic one church of England.

I was brought up Catholic.

The nearest secular school is a good 15 min drive.

The catholic school is best Ofsted rated in area.

I am so unsure of of a young child being confused about god even though traditionally I was brought up this way. I struggle with imposing this ideologically without their consent. But going to the catholic school for location and for standard of education has it merits.

Has anyone faced this dilemma and what choice did you make? Did you regret it?

It’s just what I think @yohawex318. I don’t know why you’re so offended as I don’t have any strong feelings on the matter and don’t think negatively of my family member

Would this be tolerated if written about any other religion?

Surely all state school children learn the lord's prayer? Most non denominational schools have religious assemblies where the lord's prayer is used. In theory they should have them daily

Of course it would.

No. Our school's assemblies are focused more on community and learning how to contribute in a positive way. Absolutely nothing religious at all. Definitely not the lords prayer. They have RE of course but only to learn about what different faiths believe, nothing is taught as fact.

Child 1 went to catholic school didn't do much religous stuff would have had to attend Sunday school to do first confession holy communion etc. Child 2 went to church of England they seemed to always be teaching religious stuff!

@whybotheratall you’re very ill informed. Christianity is the religion - then there are different denominations of it: Roman Catholic, Church of England, Methodist, Baptist, URC… (the latter could loosely be described as Protestant, but actually many in the CofE (Anglicans) don’t consider themselves Protestants, particularly not the Anglo Catholics).

My DH and DS are Roman Catholic, I’m CofE. The lack of religious literacy in this country about the historically dominant religion of this country makes me despair.

I didn’t read this till now. I don’t think it’s a choice exactly but that it could be influenced by society in young people. I don’t think it’s intrinsically a bad thing I think the government shouldn’t mess with people like that on such a personal level. Maybe I used a poor word choice but that’s what I was getting at. Look if you’re gay or bi I’m sorry I offended you but it wasn’t my intention.

How do you know she 'isn't really'? If your family member has the attraction to be able to have sex/relationships w the same sex, they're not straight. A straight person can't do that, as they wouldn't have the attraction/desire, or at least if they tried it, they wouldn't do it again.

How do you know she 'isn't really'? If your family member has the attraction to be able to have sex/relationships w the same sex, they're not straight. A straight person can't do that, as they wouldn't have the attraction/desire, or at least if they tried it, they wouldn't do it again.

Sorry for posting twice!

If it’s awful you should move your child.

If it was awful due to X - you should get them out of there. Doesn’t matter what the X is.

You do have other choices.

If your child came home saying Hilter was good you’d likely move them. Or move house.

If you are concerned for their education then take action as a parent.

Otherwise you may just not love some aspects of the school but you know it’s better than all your other alternatives. And so in that case you are making a choice for your child to receive that education.

Catholic state schools are very low key on religion these days I wouldn't worry about it