'Why has God made the ducklings yellow"

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Dc has been suddenly asking a lot of God questions - why did God make things that way and not another way, etc...

I'd just quickly say he shouldn't confuse the Christian (religion they are studying now) story with how we learn about the world around us - we can look it up in his science book instead, etc.
But he is clearly quite confused.

From what I gather in RE classes they talk about how God created everything, etc. I said this is what some people believe.
But I haven't actually said to him our family does not believe in gods/ follow a religion. If I did that would he then go back to school and tell everyone gods are not real... Will that cause offence?
He is only six so I wouldn't expect him to be tactful about it just yet.

I was brought up in a different country and we didn't have RE. I learned about various religions in history lessons after the age of ten. It was all taught in the context of historical events, differences in the world, economical and sociological reasons for religion to take the forms it did, etc, etc.

My six year old is not going to a religious school, and I am so puzzled by the fact they are taught so much about religious beliefs at such an impressionable age. I don't think at his age he has enough base knowledge to draw his own conclusions and he takes everything at face value.

Anyway, just wondering how non religious families tackle the extra confusion.

The school doesn't have any Catholic links, just a secular primary community school now turned academy.
Look-up the academy, who runs it, who funded it, and their aims and objectives. Not all academy trusts are entirely secular.

But back to the important question. Not all ducklings are yellow. Domesticated ducklings tend to be yellow as a side-effect of selective breeding for other traits such as egg laying or meat quality. The wild mallard ducklings in the park are pale yellow and brown, mostly brown, and it's quite a good combination for camouflage on the nest or in pond/river margins.

My school completely ignores the “daily collective worship” bit as it’s clearly bonkers. We do (secular) assemblies and read them books about other cultures and I suspect if pushed we’d claim it’s the same thing. Most Heads just ignore the stupider edicts from the government IME.