>this is about a toddler saying "oh my god" not a racist magazine getting attacked by abject extremists

The parallel being that no amount of "should" protects you from reality. People do people things. What she'll do is tell the next grade that the kid is a serious discipline issue, resulting in them being watched more, getting caught more, and being punished more.

>you are comparing a teacher for young children to Islamic extremism, albeit I won't argue that we don't have Christian extremists here ; I don't actually think this is a case of that.

It's entirely possible that's not the issue. There's a few other anti-religious or anti-offense sentiments that could be driving the issue.

>the hill I'm willing to die on is that atheists and their children who don't want to participate in religion & its rules should be safe to do so freely, and the teacher is welcome to a litany of churches to practice their faith in the free & appropriate space as well.

Are you willing to damn your kids too? Good. Damn your own. And stay out of other people's lives.

😂 no one is sharing religion clown.

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Good luck. The fact that your putting in the effort to find answers and help will come across when your trying to help. Great job parenting!

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I mean, you're right, but that's just something we have to do when we have little ears in the house sometimes. And it's a good lesson to learn that sometimes words have power over other people that they don't have over us.

Personally, it's an "oh your god" situation for me, but not being a child psychologist, maybe that's just too high a concept for a 5-year-old.

It’s considered “taking the lord’s name in vain”. Yes. Insulting/rude to the ultra religious. Not usually inforced.

Play a game at home: dole out 4 quarters to everyone. every time some one says it at home they have to put a quarter in the jar. Last one with a quarter gets the pot.

Why should you have to stop saying it at home? You shouldn’t. Do it anyway. It will help your kid and all of you to learn to think before speaking and hone those self-discipline skills while having some fun along the way and teach your son that life, even the hard parts, can be overcome and a fun process.

What about the religion of the kids in the class?

Well, you’re asking a lot of a kindergartener with that argument. How about, “that’s not the best way to express ourselves”? It’s okay to be respectful, it costs nothing.

Charlie Hebdo thought so too. How'd that go? If you're willing to die for it, go for it. But don't torture your kids over it.

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Thanks everyone for the answers!!

No amount of "should" unruins your life.

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Thank you I will speak with the teacherm

Who is doing that? I didn’t read anything about the teacher pushing religious beliefs. And again, if you’re not religious then why insult someone who is? Why use the word god at all? Isn’t it a religious word? I’m not religious at all, but a lot of people are and that’s okay.

>It's not their religion, why should it be their problem ?

Plenty of things in your life are your problem when they're not your fault. Thus is no different.

>If a teacher sees a child as an enemy for having a different religion, or non religious, upbringing that should be on them to get over it.

Very cool. Unfortunately, idealism doesn't work

I was taught to say gosh instead, because you shouldn't say g-d's name in vain. My religion also calls for g-d to be written with a hyphen instead of with an o. The meaning behind that is simply if it's written out and the paper is thrown away, it's a sin. These two habits have stuck with me- but it's not something I would forbid my own children from saying or writing- let alone someone else's child.

IMHO it's silly for a teacher to harp on this. It's not a swear word, offensive phrase or harming anyone by saying it. I would make an appointment to speak with the teacher directly.

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With all the discussion around housing or lack thereof in MA, I decided to post this. Delete if already posted.

02/10/2023

Correction: This story has been corrected to reflect that the Beverly Planning Board on Monday night will set the date for a public hearing on this proposal but will not discuss the proposal on Monday.BEVERLY — A developer has proposed building a three-story apartment building on top of the MBTA parking garage on Rantoul Street.

Barnat Development President Sarah Barnat said the building would be connected to the current Holmes Beverly apartment building and would have 70 apartments.

“It’s a creative and thoughtful way of adding more units around the train station,” Barnat said.

The MBTA garage opened in 2014 across the street from the Beverly Depot and was designed to support up to four levels of development on top of it. Barnat’s company signed a 99-year-lease with the MBTA for the right to build on the land in front of the garage and above it.

The Holmes Beverly apartment building was built in front of the garage at 110 Rantoul St. and opened in 2019. It has 67 apartments, with the restaurant Frank located on the ground floor.

According to an application filed with the city, the new building would be a three-story, 70,000-square-foot addition to the Holmes Beverly building. It would have 70 apartments, with a least eight of them qualified as affordable housing.

The two buildings would be connected by an internal pedestrian passageway. Barnat said the new building would not be higher than the existing Holmes Beverly building.

The proposal comes as several landowners and developers have filed applications with the city in anticipation of possible zoning changes that would limit the height of new buildings in the downtown area. Barnat said she filed the plans “in order to secure the as-of-right zoning we currently have.”

“At a time when new, transit-oriented housing is needed to support our growing economy, it is critical to move forward with long-planned for projects,” she said.

The Beverly Planning Board on Monday night will set a date to hold a public hearing on the proposal but will not discuss the proposal on Monday.

Dunno if you’ll find any custom builder for that price, but start here: https://www.deckhouse.com/

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