Would you be uncomfortable leaving your child in a daycare if the operator/teacher had a different faith?

Why or why not? What is your own faith? By "daycare" I mean a licensed, professional daycare, governed by all the laws about protecting children, and regular inspections--not some run out of the home, private daycare. Would your opinion change if you found out after they had been caring for your child for awhile, and the child was hale and happy every time you picked them up, and they had not done anything objectionable? Would you accept some faiths, but not others? Why? Just curious.

Public Comments

1. What difference does it make as long as my child is well cared for? Unless there's a religion out there that says they have to mistreat my child in some way, I'm good with any faith.


2. u can ask them! see what they did during the daycare.


3. there's really nothing wrong with that, come to think of it, how about the pre school centers in multicultural countries? like US, Australia and many more, its not only in the faith they are different but also with their races. I don't think that you should put a big deal out of it. Just observe your child, if there is something about him that you do not like and you think that it affects your beliefs then you should put an action to that but if there's none, then let your child come along with them, after all your child needs the environment not their beliefs, your child is there to be taken good care of not to change his beliefs.


4. No, and we did send my son to a "church" based preschool of a different faith than our own. They all have to follow licensing rules and even though this was a "private" preschool, their teachings were very general christain based...they did not teach specifics to their own beliefs. We are among a nondenominational christian group and tend to be much more conservative in our views but I didn't have one issue with the way they taught/cared for my child. If you are concerned, you can talk to the director and find out exactly what they teach and how they handle certain situations. Because they really couldn't afford to provide child care for only those of their same faith...they would be very general about their teachings since not everyone believed the same. Another comment: There were many things that my son came back with that we didn't necessarily participate in or "believed" in but it was a wonderful conversation starter for our family. We want to teach our home values/beliefs when the children are young so that when they get into public school etc...they are less likely to be influenced by what is around them...and it isn't very pleasant what they see/hear in public school classrooms anymore.

   I would be more apt to accept "christian" faith than others...but if the director/teacher is not planning on impressing their faith on the children, then that really doesn't matter either. Kids have to learn that everyone is different and better for them to learn when they are still "under our wings".



5. no i would be fine with it as long as the teacher was not trying to impose his/her beleifs apon my child.


6. Our school district employs without regard to race, religion or sexual orientation. Hello, it's 2009. As long as nobody is trying to push their religion or other beliefs on your child, there should be no problem. In December, we teach or class about Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. Nobody has ever had a complaint. It's called cultural diversity. This teaches kids that not everyone celebrates in the same way as their family might. Sad to say that I worked with a 25 year old certified teacher who didn't know that Passover was a Jewish holiday. She knew the story behind it and her church even did their celebrations of it, but she didn't make the connection. ??????