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Comment by Dawn K on July 10, 2012 at 7:59am

Welcome Destiny. Feel free to ask any specific questions you have in the discussion forum. If you haven't already, look for the resources list up at the top - there are lots of books but most should be available at libraries assuming you have a good system.

Comment by Destiny Tripp on July 9, 2012 at 10:58pm

Hello, my name is Destiny, and I am a proud parent of an up and coming free thinker. I just joined, and I am looking forward to having somewhere to go to where there are more people like myself! I married the only other free thinker I have ever known, and although I do love him, I am excited to meet other atheists, other mothers in particular. So, with that being said, I am seeking advice from other atheist parents on things such as explaining religion, how to teach my child to handle herself in the situations we as atheists find ourselves in, and how as a parent I should help her understand how incredible it is to to be a free thinker, even if it means we are different. I would LOVE to hear from people who were raised atheist, your experimces and advice! Any helpful resources are appreciated, but honestly I dont have a great book budget at the can download most anything, such a childrens shows that promote free thinking. I myself carry great advice for teching your toddler to read, and I will eventually post a video on that! I am interested in any early child education advice really, and even some potty training tips would be great! Thanx guys!

Comment by SecularCortex13.x on May 29, 2012 at 9:59am

jesus.. ha.. pffffft

Comment by SecularCortex13.x on May 29, 2012 at 9:59am

Bumper sticker... "was jesus a bigot like mom and dad?"
ohhhh the pain.

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on May 11, 2012 at 2:32pm

A video for the kids.

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on May 3, 2012 at 8:08pm

Hey McGuyver, misplaced your highchair?

Comment by Anders Juhl Jensen on March 31, 2012 at 7:06pm

I live in the Philippines and here they don't do Easter as you do in America. They have drunk guys whipping themselves to blood and nailing themselves to planks and other funstuff.

For the easter egg hunt. I don't think it's a tradition here, but the malls have them. Never saw anything about the egg laying rabbit.

 

We also don't have springtime.

 

Well if I lived in America, then my approach to this would be. Engage with the kids in arts and craft activities to make colourfull eggs and then play hide and seek with them.

 

I would then say this is an old tradition to celebrate the spring. It's the time of year when plants will sprout, bloom, germinate, produce pollen. The animals wil mate, produce sperm and eggs. The farmers that produces our food will also sow the seeds and toil the soil to increase its fertility.

 

That's why we have the tradition is to play with eggs to celebrate the fertility of life at springtime. Then hopefully the kid will ask what is seeds, fruits, to mate, sperm, eggs, fertility etc.

While we do our egg artwork or proceed to do spring gardening or a walk in the forest, we can talk about these topics.

Comment by Christian J Brooks on March 31, 2012 at 5:47pm

I think so much of religion has been washed out of the way many celebrate Easter in America, that there's real no need to worry about those uncomfortable topics.  Decorating eggs, bunnies, even the word Easter: they're all pagan.  The Christians and their palms will be far away from your back yard.

Comment by Bryanderthal on March 31, 2012 at 4:25pm

We like to dig up information about the Spring equinox practices of our ancestors and lament the fact that Christians raped, murdered and kidnapped their culture and stole their lands.

Then we go egg hunting with the kids.

Comment by Skeptical Blogger on March 31, 2012 at 10:46am

My kids are 8 and 5 and they enjoy looking for candy-filled plastic eggs in the back yard.  I don't think they have any idea of the religious aspects of the holiday at this point.  We also don't have any story about an easter bunny.  They wait inside while I go out to hide the treats.  In our family it's more of a, "Look!  Candy!" kind of holiday.  They have a blast and after they've found all the eggs they usually want to hide them for one another and keep the fun going.  I remember enjoying the same thing when I was a kid - it's like an excuse to eat chocolate and play hide and seek.

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