Anna attends a Luthern school. We love the loving atmosphere and feel it’s a good fit. She’s been there since she was a baby and will stay through Kindergarten, likely.
The note on her classroom door from her teacher said that the kids were learning about Jesus and Easter and so we should ask our children who Jesus was.
So I asked Anna over dinner on Friday. She said “Jesus was on the cwahss”. Then I asked her what else? She replied “he died”.
Then I thought JESUS, that’s harsh! What’s the right age to introduce death to my child? I hadn’t even thought it through myself! Of course I don’t think she “gets it” but it came out of her mouth and it freaked me out.
In retrospect, yes, I expect she’ll hear the traditional bible stories in her current environment and I am OK with that. Or so I thought. The words “he died” coming out of a 3 year old’s mouth is just freaking weird. And so I’m not ready for that. Unless there’s a fish involved, I think it’s too early to talk “death” with Anna.
Then again we haven’t talked about the Easter bunny yet either. She still has NO. CLUE.
So then I started wondering how much of the other bible stuff I may not be ready for her to learn.
But it’s coming. I know it and accept it, and am open to it. But I guess I thought I was more open to it than it turns out I may really be…
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