This seems pretty harmless to me and supports a set of values that I'm okay with. Bracelets may represent an ideal marketing opportunity, combining children's love of a fashion statement with a sense of belonging. In fact, that desire to be with friends may be what draws some kids to church in the first place. My boys are both involved in sports. According to experts in child development, even very young children ask questions that can be called religious.
Experts say children start thinking about the metaphysical at about the time they learn language.
By the age of 4 or 5, psychologists say, kids are intensely interested in right and wrong, good and evil. For teachers like Mary Deeken, those are spiritual questions that can invite a conversation about God. If he didn't make anybody it would just be quiet. It's good to be ourselves because we're human. Talking with children and teaching them the moral code of their religion helps them figure out how to behave in life, according to House of Hope preschool director Jo Kircher.