BTW - I do think that IF relgion is a part of the actual curriculum that needs to be shared with perspective clients ...some clients would be upset if their child was being taught about a faith they did not share ....we had an issue in centre care because a part of the ritual for meal time was to say thanks for the food and at the end the little poem said "amen" and well a clients kid tried to do it at home for supper and the parent was livid we were teaching the kid to "pray" .... not being religious myself it had not really seemed like a prayer to ME but more of a little song to let the kids know it was time to eat ... just an example of how sharing practices in program can help alleviate conflict ... we just took the amen part out of the song as well as any reference to the lord and created a song that allowed everyone to participate in the ritual without impeding anyone's religious beliefs.