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The Australian Psychological Society's submission to the consultancy process for the National School Chaplaincy program

 Submission to the Consultation Process for the
National School Chaplaincy Program
(PDF download)
Dr Monica Thielking,
Psychologists in Schools Advisor
m.thielking@psychology.org.au
David Stokes, Senior Manager Professional Practice
d.stokes@psychology.org.au
1 July 2010
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July 2010
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A child's perception of church

In this video, a child (toddler) delivers a sermon in raving gibberish. What is most concerning about this is that the child is simply mimicking the behaviour modeled to him by the regular preachers. In his mind, church is about going to a big pretty room and being yelled at by a wildly gesticulating man pacing around the stage.

It's scary to think that children are being exposed to this type of service (I recognise that not all religious services are like this), where they can't yet understand the message being delivered and are just exposed to the tone of the delivery.

Great advice!

I'd like to see these kinds of signs being mandated on churches, along with these signs on the bibles:
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