Should I be worried about my 6 year old coming home with this?

[Nebula360]

He wrote it on the back of an r.e. worksheet.

I just asked him why and he said “because I don’t think there is a god!”

I’m just worried what his teachers would say if they saw it!

I was an RE teacher for 15 years and I’m an atheist! Wouldn’t bother me in slightest and I’m not sure why you think it is so shocking.

This is a good answer. Or unless as part of a debate.
He should not be writing anything on a worksheet other than answers to the questions on it. And that goes for all subjects.

Why would it upset other people if he said he doesn’t believe in god?

have you brought him up in a religion?

I was brought up with no religion - not there is no god but more ‘some people believe this and some that’ if asking a question. I was never told I could share my belief/non-belief

A child/young person is entitled to their own opinion. If he's questioned by a teacher, as long as he is polite and respectful, I think that's fine.

Year 2 teacher here - not a problem in the slightest!! He should be able to express that in school - it's very much taught as 'this is what some people believe and thjs what other people believe'. That's in a c of e school. If i saw it as a teacher I'd probably just remind him that we shouldn't be writing on the backs of our worksheets, that he'd be fine to say that's what he believes, and that he needs to remember to show respect when other people explain they do believe there is a God. No biggie.

At first I thought it said There is no cod!

There is no god, so not sure why you or the teacher would care?

Tell him he won’t need Easter eggs or Christmas presents any more then. ( just joking, my son says the same thing and that’s what I say to him but he still gets them.)

Why would Easter eggs or Christmas presents be related to god? They're brought by a magical bunny and Santa.

He's written it on a scrappy bit of paper the teacher didn't want, it's not like he grafitti'd it on a church.

Wouldnt bother me and I agree with him

My DS was the same at that age. Born an atheist! At 7 he told teacher (Catholic school) that he wasn't going to listen to a creationist. We were embarrassed by his lack of respect but I kind of admire it. He has learned to keep his opinions to himself.

I had the same thoughts at age 6 too. It seems normal to me! Me and my friends even wrote our own bible - with a female god!

I wouldn't worry OP. Your child is legally entitled to his opinion.

My ds aged 8 told the local vicar that Easter was about Eostre and nothing to do with Jesus. (That's Google for you 😁)

The vicar had the decency to laugh it off.

I’m a Christian and I wouldn’t be shocked or even mildly surprised if a child said this. He’s allowed his own beliefs. Why would it matter if he said it to other people?

Is this some kind of bizarre stealth brag? Congratulations OP, all the atheists will be applauding your son for his enlightenment.

Teacher won’t mind/care in the slightest

IME most teachers teach RE in a completely neutral manner, regardless of their own beliefs. But I have come across some Christian(ish) teachers who forgot to be neutral when teaching Easter and Christmas. I say Christian(ish) because they were not necessarily practicing Christians, just people who assume Christianity-by-default.

One of my dc would come home at Christmas and Easter in KS1 talking as though these stories were factual. A bit of a challenge when you're the only Jew in the class.

So I would not be surprised if your ds has been hearing something similar, and is fed up of having god pushed at him, rather than "Christians believe that..."

I agree with other posters, it is ok for him to think that. He just needs to ensure he is respectful in his view (and doesn't write on worksheets!).
My son is quite scientific and probably had the same views from quite young, yet his RE teacher says he produces excellent work that show deep understanding. I think the main thing in RE is to have knowledge of other religions, not necessarily to agree with them, but to understand and respect them.

He is entitled to his opinion. Not sure if this was in context of an RE lesson though or a random statement. My granddaughter was asked to write about the Easter story recently and definitely focused on the word ' story,' and wanted to write about bunnies and eggs as that's what Easter means to her as we are not believers.

I understand your sentiment @Nebula360, but he is entitled to his opinion and should be able to express it.

Talking to him about how to do that whilst acknowledging that not everyone will share his opinion and to be respectful of that, is the way forward.

Hardly difficult words for a six year old, ‘there’ being the longest!

As a Christian teacher, working in a Catholic school, teaching 10 year olds, I have to say I really wouldn’t be bothered about this. His teachers honestly won’t care, don’t worry about it.

I went through a phase of this.

I don’t really know why, I think I was pushing back against things being pushed down my throat.

I would just tell him that it’s ok to not believe in God but some people do and if they saw that then it might upset them.

I would keep an eye on the backwards letters too, as it could be a sign of dyslexia.

I'm a teacher and I would think, "Yep, good on you, kid. You're right".