Religious education
In Finland, religious education is provided at day care for children. Religious education is regulated by the Child Day Care Act and its second article, which was added to the Act in 1983. Education must respect the beliefs of the child's guardians. An alternative to religious education is education in a life philosophy. The right to freedom of thought, guaranteed by Article 11 of the Constitution, is exercised for pre-school children by the guardian, who chooses either religious education or education in a life philosophy.