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I understand why many people worry about religeous garb for young children's viewpoint.  I believe that a constant dialogue from parent to child is necessary though as a learning moment in the case that the child's teacher wears a religeous garb or says something psudo religious as well.  In my own family, as an athiest, I don't let my daughter say, "oh my god," but she came home from school saying it.  I had to tell her about how dad doesn't believe in a god and not to say that in this house, but if later in life she does believe that is her choice.  A young child is easily persuaded this way or that way, but I DO like that they are brought up with experience.  The parental dialogue, again, is the most important part though

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