A friend of mine has an adorable five-year-old (5YO) son. He looks like butter wouldn’t melt, yet secretly he is a genius and can win most arguments – not with pouting or tantrums like most kids, worse he uses logic! After a recent house move, he began to attend a Church of England School. My friend isn’t religious at all, she would definitely give Songs of Praise a wide berth…but the school has excellent ratings. The problem really started when his pet died. The conversation went a little like this:
5YO: “Mum, you know how Oscar died?”
Mum: “Yes, we are all very sad.”
5YO: “He’s not coming back is he?”
MUM: “No he isn’t, Sweetie.”
5YO “Well, how come humans come back from the dead?”
MUM laughs, thinking some TV series has probably put this idea into his head: “Humans don’t come back from the dead.”
5YO: “Yes, they do!”
MUM: “No they don’t”
5YO: “Yes, they do, my teacher said so. I think I’ll come back from the dead.”
MUM (wondering if she should be checking up at school): “No, she didn’t. You must have got confused.”
5YO (getting frustrated now): “I’m not, he’s called Jesus. He died and then came back to life.”
MUM (sighing relief): “Oh that’s different. He only did that because he was the son of God. You won’t do that.”
5YO (silent for 30 seconds): “I thought we were all God’s children?…”
My friend was dumbstruck. How do you combat that argument? She has decided all future religious discussions will be left in the far more capable hands of the school.
When did kids get so smart?.. Hope this made you smile as much as it made me! Enjoy – KL ❤
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