It’s the only school that had slots, so we’re stuck.
I actually feel your pain. Through a combination of unfortunate circumstances, my daughter spent severalin a school that did its best to instill values in her that we disagreed vehemently with. It wasn’t fun, and we were stuck. If you really are stuck too , I recommend doing what we did. Cheerfully, regularly—the former may be hard, the latter easy—offer counterprogramming at home.
If he brings home something objectionable to you, parroting something a teacher has said with which you vehemently disagree, don’t blow your top. Counter it casually and with good humor. I learned to invoke the phrase, “Oh, that seems silly to me” . If your 4-year-old comes home talking God, there’s no reason not to say—lightly, conversationally—“You know, Mom/Dad and I don’t believe in God.” If he has questions, he’ll ask them.
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