Parents Praise Their 5-Year-Old For Praying At Lunch Even Though SchoolTold Her Not To

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This family is setting an example.
Not the first time I heard this, but it is always very upsetting to hear that little children are told not to pray. Who do these people think they are? Just because they are teachers they don’t have the right to tell a child that prayer is bad (it doesn’t hurt anyone, right?). How come we have to say the pledge of allegiance in school, but can’t say a simple prayer before lunch?
The way the parents encouraged their daughter was awesome. She was obviously struggling with what to do and who to listen to. Something like that should never happen, especially not to a five year-old. I would call that discrimination. It also violates the first amendment, which gives us the right to freedom of speech and religion.
This topic is important to me because I am working on becoming a teacher, and I will have to deal with these kind of things. I know I am not allowed to preach to my future students but can love them the way they are and the way God made them.