Jesus held on the cross with nails in his hands

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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?

Well I was taught all of this from when I started school, but we went to church every Sunday so I heard about it there too. I’m not traumatised.

I was brought up Catholic and learned this at age 4. Never lost any sleep over it. She will be fine.

Im an atheist but even I know that Easter was originally about Jesus not bunnies and eggs .

Wouldn’t bother me.

I agree. However I work in a C of E school where it’s what we teach.

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

What sort of school is it?

If they’re having RE lessons then I think it’s probably fair enough. I mean, that’s the story of Easter. Jesus was nailed to the cross. It’s an awful detail but I don’t know what else she could have said. “Put on the cross?”

I’m an atheist FWIW.

If she’s learning religion then she has to hear what’s in the bible . No cover ups .
I’m an atheist too .

It’s religion, get over it. It’s good that kids get taught about Christianity and the key facts relating to it. Easter is not all about bunnies and Easter eggs.

It is part of the national curriculum in a nominally Christian country. It CAN be graphic, but I think it is usually more like "Christians believe that Jesus was God's son (following on from Christmas lessons) and that he was put on trial and punished with a horrible death when he didn't deserve it. Then, they believe he came back to life 3 days later." It is a pretty graphic story but I can't think of a more sanitised way of teaching it?

When I moved in with dh we were sorting stuff and dh found my RE book from year 1. I’d drawn Jesus on the cross with blood spurting out of his hands. Apart from dh laughing hysterically and wondering if I was a bit psychotic, I’ve no lasting harm.

Well the teacher can't really say they stuck him up there with velcro. I went to a C of E school (but I'm not religious) and we were all told this when we were about 5, and none of us were traumatised.

DD knew that Jesus was put on a cross. The nails aspect shocked her to be honest and that's all she was talking about all evening.

The school is not a religion affiliated school but they have RE and learn about all religions.

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

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

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Easter isn't about bunnies and chocolate eggs OP.

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.

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

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

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

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!)

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

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.

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).