Parents Have Suspicions About Son’s Day Care Worker, Shock Over Truth
February 5, 2026
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A father who pushed for a day care teacher to be fired after she repeatedly showed children the Christian animated series—despite his objections and the center’s assurances—has been backed online.
Posting under the username u/Real-Point-6474, the dad said that the issue began when his young son mentioned watching “a show with cartoon vegetables” at day care.
Suspecting it was VeggieTales, a long-running children’s series featuring anthropomorphic vegetables who learn moral lessons often rooted in Christian teachings, the dad asked the teacher directly.
Newsweek reached out to u/Real-Point-6474 via Reddit direct message for comment.
“She said they didn’t show the kids anything inappropriate,” the original poster wrote to the Am I the A****** subreddit. “I asked but did they watch veggie tales. She refused to give me a straight answer.”
After his son confirmed they had watched it, the father emailed the day care administration and was assured VeggieTales was not approved media and “has never and will never be shown.”
Yet his son continued to report watching it. Eventually, the dad left work early and walked into the classroom unannounced, where he saw the show playing and took a photo as proof. He received a warning for bypassing the front desk, but administrators promised to resolve the issue.
According to the post, the teacher was told not to bring tapes again—yet the show allegedly kept appearing.
The father then contacted other parents, forming what he called an “anti—Veggie Tales coalition.” Some Christian parents, he said, also preferred religious content be handled at home.
Ultimately, the teacher was fired. The dad now says some people in his life feel he escalated too far, including his wife, who told him he “went on the warpath.”
Online, however, many commenters sided with him. At the time of writing, the post has received over 22,000 upvotes and comments.
One wrote: “They said your child wasn’t watching Veggie Tales but the teacher showed it numerous times after you were told it wasn’t being shown. If they would lie about that what else are they lying about?”
Another added: “I’ve never been Christian but I really liked watching Veggie Tales with my kids. It’s actually pretty funny. I don’t think it belongs in a place like a day care that isn’t specifically for Christians.”
Others took a nuanced view of the show itself. “Veggie Tales is deeply weird…a lot of it’s pretty generic ‘be a good person’ stuff,” one user wrote, but concluded they also wouldn’t want “an agenda-pushing liar” caring for their child.
Several commenters emphasized that the core issue was trust. “The fact that the teacher repeatedly lied to your face about what they’re showing your kid is enough reason to get fired,” one wrote. “Don’t lie to the parents.”
Even a self-identified “devout Christian” backed the father, saying parents should have “every right to have a say in what is and is not taught.”
For many readers, the consensus was clear: the show itself wasn’t the problem—the dishonesty was.
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