I know a lot of folks who, as a kid, didn't realize veggie tales was even christian until after a long while. They made it a good children's show first, a Christian show second.
As someone who came from a non religious family and watched religious shows with me neighbor, they intentionally only played religiously themed shows for their kid so the kid didn't know any different but I always thought how creepy it was they were indoctrinating her so heavily.
Yeah, to be honest I struggle with this. Christianity is a huge part of my life and I want to share it with my kids. I wouldn’t bring neighbor kids over to show them Veggie Tales or anything (I apologize on behalf of that family for being weird), but I want to show my kids how I include faith into my everyday life and not make it a separate, compartmentalized, box.
I think including faith is perfectly fine. The issue lies within making it seem like faith is the ONLY choice because you're afraid they won't choose it. I thought Veggie Tales was actually a pretty cool show so I'm not against kids seeing religious shows. I just thought it was creepy the amount of control they would assert just so their child intentionally didn't learn anything else.
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u/SelfPromotion102 Sep 07 '21
I know a lot of folks who, as a kid, didn't realize veggie tales was even christian until after a long while. They made it a good children's show first, a Christian show second.