An anonymous woman has made headlines for writing into Slate’s Dear Prudence for advice, asking how she should deal with a child who insists on preaching Jesus’ love to her 7-year-old son.
The woman, whose message is signed, “Don’t Preach to My Kid, Kid,” explains that she and her husband — who are both “non-religious” and who have decided to raise their children without religion — don’t appreciate that one of their son’s friends — who is Mormon — continues to be vocal about the faith his parents passed down to him.
The woman wrote, “My problem is this kid is REALLY pushy with his religion. Pretty much every time they spend time together this kid is trying to teach mine about a Bible story or giving him religious presents or talking about how Jesus loves him.”
The woman, who clearly doesn’t appear to understand the concept of God’s love and forgiveness, said that she does not want her son to “learn these things” and appeared to suggest that children are manipulated into doing the “right thing” out of fear of God’s punishment.