Sponsor |  northpaw | Feb 25, 11:07am | Great, now I'm craving graham crackers and apple juice. :p
To our credit, we had subversive lyrics we'd throw in to upset the teacher. |
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Sponsor | | cynthia-nekomata | Mar 6, 8:16pm | This seems pretty open and shut. . .
Do what you think is RIGHT. Tell your daughter the truth, with no embellishment, but also not the abridged version. The ultimate weapon and defense is knowledge. If she can hold onto that, she can do anything. As for getting fired, again, why must you attend in the first place? |
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|  Grasyop | Mar 6, 11:47pm | 11 okay - so we don't go to church. Where do we go? -
Any hobby? Like playing music or any kind of art? Your daughter needs to learn self-confidence and assert her freedom of mind to her friends. I understand those friends may not accept it and it must be very difficult to keep friends who think you're going to hell. Maybe that's easier to overcome if they're not just loose friends but people who share a common hobby with her. Well, that's just a suggestion... |
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Sponsor | | Loplin | Mar 8, 10:18pm | If you force her to stay away from church, she might just resent it. Sometimes you have to let your kids hate your for a while(or be scared/depressed) so that you can do the right thing.
In the end though, I think you would be better off having it be her decision not to go to church. That way she won't harbor some false belief out of resentment. What I would do is tell her that that she can go to church with her friends, but that you and your husband are going to go have icecream while playing mini-golf, see a movie, and pick her up afterwords (or something that is also moderately enjoyable for a kid).
Don't use it as a bribe though, don't even invite her the first time (but let her come if she asks). When you pick her up from church, make sure to have a conversation in the front seat with your husband (so that she can overhear it) about how much fun you had (what she missed out on).
Then casually mention that she could come next time, and maybe bring a friend. If you think she is still scared of the rapture or going to hell, just reassure her that it is a fairy tale and that those things won't really happen. |
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