Day 31-Lets talk about God

When was the first time you PRAYED with all your being? How old were you then? Who introduced you to the idea of God? Did it change later? Were you ever given a choice in following any religion you wanted to?When did you truly believe in the presence of a supreme power above you?
I have been thinking about whether or not it is a good idea to tell children about the idea of God-that power beyond us, that some people call nature..some call fate and many with many more other names.
I definitely believe that to thrust a religious notion into the child's impressionable brain is not correct. Neither is it right to cripple the child with the blind faith that everything is beyond us. These are ideas  that are counter productive to development perhaps. But to give him faith and the confidence that there is a supreme power -that could be the only answer to questions for which man has no answers to till date and that this supreme power can give hope and strength during trying times may help the child to cope with difficult times. Right?
So what is wrong in presenting the idea to the child and leaving it for him to decide whether or not he would want to believe in it or not?
I see this as a tool for the child to deal with losses and unfortunate events in his life , (we hope no child must have to face such situations).
One may think of this like any other tool like the dictionary or the encyclopaedia or the compass. To use it or not and the way to use it may be left to the child .
To deny this tool to him...is a choice completely left to the teacher. And I definitely choose not to.



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