Christian parents- do you teach your children to tolerate overweight peers?
Kathy asked: I am curious to know if conservative Christian parents raise their children in a very tolerant way. Now I do understand that religion pla...
Kathy asked:
I am curious to know if conservative Christian parents raise their children in a very tolerant way. Now I do understand that religion plays a big role in how children are raised, and I do not want to seem stereotypical. Do conservative Christians not care about what is on the outside, such as weight?
Darryl
I am curious to know if conservative Christian parents raise their children in a very tolerant way. Now I do understand that religion plays a big role in how children are raised, and I do not want to seem stereotypical. Do conservative Christians not care about what is on the outside, such as weight?
Darryl
I wouldn’t call myself Christian, but I would find it rather strange if Christian parents didn’t teach their children to be tolerant of anyone and everyone.
Christians shouldn’t care about whats on the outside. If our commission is to Love our neighbor as ourselves this means no matter what size, color, etc. I am a Christian and I teach my children to be loving and accepting. I think this is the norm and not the exception for most Christians.
I would be furious if my child made fun of someone for their weight, or any other physical difference. It has nothing to do with religion, it is just about being a good person.
What kind of question is that? Kids should be accepting of others no matter what religion they are. I am a Christian, and I never had a problem with that. Nobody should care about what a person looks like on the outside, only what they are like as a person.
Well first of all being heavy is not the same as race etc, there is no reason to judge anyone on appearance, the preacher at my church doesn’t preach about obesity nor do we think skinny people are better christians. I’m a plus size women and that doesn’t mean I’m going to hell.
There’s no rules on fatness in the Christian religion.
I have came across many christians who have not stayed away from two of the seven deadly sins! (sloth and glutony)
I am not a parent, but I am a conservative Christian. I assure you that being overweight is not sinful in and of itself. There are several conditions which prohibit people form monitoring or controlling their weight. Gluttony is a different story (eating until you vomit, vomiting and then eating some more; this was quite common in ancient times for rich people O.o strangely enough).
Tolerance as a Christian is important, but there is a difference between tolerance and acceptance. We Christians must be able to tolerate other people’s actions (since God gave them the freewill to choose their actions) but we must not think that it is OK, normal or fine to do. Tolerating homosexuals, alcoholics, the God-less, adulterers, etc. is necessary to living a holy lifestyle and possibly reaching out to them to be that light that we must be, but accepting their behavior or condoning it is an entirely different story.
Cheers and GL.
There are some pretty large conservative Christians, so I’m going to have to say they’re not that bothered.
ive found that god loves my kids more when they mock and bully overweight kids. in fact, i punish my kids if they dont do something mean to a fat kid at school.
I dont care how conservative you are, you should just treat everyone as equal.
I’m not a practicing Christian, but grew up in a very strict, Christian home. Christians are taught that their bodies are temples, so they shouldn’t be abused. Some take that to mean you shouldn’t smoke, and others that you shouldn’t eat too much. They’re also taught not to be cruel to each other. A person can be overweight for many reasons. It’s not our place to persecute them. It’s our place to love one another and be kind.
That said, I think all parents, Christian or not, should teach their kids tolerance. We all have strengths and weakness, but the potential to be great. They need to learn to focus on the good in others and not the bad.
You should teach your children not to judge others but to choose friends that love and respect themselves and love and respect your child. Just because a person is overweight does not mean that they do not love and respect themselves and that they cannot love and respect your child. It is best to keep them away from kids that do drugs, have sex, throw wild parties, get drunk, curse out their parents, etc. And to teach them not to judge those kids but to respect themselves enough to want to be around people that will build them up and not break them down.
I think it has nothing to do with religion at all. There are a lot of close minded people from all religions . I for example, am Catholic, and my children are being raised to be respectful of any human and animal no matter how different it might seem from the average. My oldest daughter is 10 and I know that she respects tall, short, overweight, skinny, black, white, yellow, brown, male, female, gay, straight, Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Buddhist, atheist, and anything in between because we are all residents of this planet and we have the same rights and are all equally beautiful and unique.
Guess what… Jesus made us just how we are.
NO MATTER what size.
I teach my son to respect and love people as they are – weight doesn’t matter to us. I’d be upset if my child ever made fun of someone because of the way they look.
Of course! Judge not lest ye be judged.
im bordering Atheism & Agnosticism so i cant really say .But id like to thank you and all the positive excepting people of children who are overweight .you have taught your children well
That all depends on what you mean when you say “tolerate/tolerant”.
Do you mean “tolerate” or do you mean “acceptance” – because those are two very different things.
What is “conservative” Catholic?
“Conservative” is a term that applies to one’s POLITICAL leanings. . . When it comes to religion, it isn’t about conservative vs liberal. It’s about orthodox vs unorthodox.