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Tamara Mason replied to Becky's discussion Raising Childern Atheist
"What makes you think you have to find a girl that is an atheist too? Not so...my husband is a preacher's kid (his mother's an AME minister out of Baltimore). Some of our best discussions while dating came from talking about his (and my…"
Tamara Mason replied to Becky's discussion Raising Childern Atheist
"'The Nerd'...you and I are twins! No...joking aside, this is the EXACT method that I've been using with both of my sons (ages 9 and 4). I read to them nightly, and in doing so I've mixed in a great deal of mythology (Greco-Roman,…"
St Jimmy replied to Becky's discussion Raising Childern Atheist
"Hi Becky,
My wife and I have been reading "Parenting Beyond Belief" by Dale McGowan, and it has really led to some great discussions. It gives some insight on what others have done to raise a free thinking child. Good luck and I hope the…"
Brad replied to Becky's discussion Raising Childern Atheist
"When yo say influenced, what do you mean exactly? Is he holy-roley?
I have a daughter, that is highly influenced by the catholic garb. In my aging wisdom (chuckle), I don't say what I might like about that particular faith, but rather ask her…"
Gary B. replied to Becky's discussion Raising Childern Atheist
"At that age, children look for ways to ideologcally establish their independence. Try not to feed into it so much that you give him a matyrdom complex. Just continue to provide him with sources of rational thinking and be patient. :)"
john nations replied to Becky's discussion Raising Childern Atheist
"I think kids should learn about the prevalent religions in their area, such as Catholicism, Protestantism and Judaism, in the same way they learn about careers, science, geography and other academic subjects.
It's much easier NOT to program a…"
john nations replied to Becky's discussion Raising Childern Atheist
"I think kids should learn about the prevalent religions in their area, such as Catholicism, Protestantism and Judaism, in the same way they learn about careers, science, geography and other academic subjects.
It's much easier NOT to program a…"
Dre Smith replied to Becky's discussion Raising Childern Atheist
"I gotta say I look at the current state of religious hysteria in the world and it just leaves me with no desire to want children at all. Not because I have some latent fear of being perhaps a bad parent, but because knowing my child would have to…"
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Raising Childern Atheist
I'm curious as to how others have answered their children’s questions about religion and how they talked to them about their beliefs or rather non beliefs. I have a 7 year old son who has started to ask a lot of questions and I don't want to impose what I believe on him but I want him to understand my point of view and to have the freedom to choose.
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- At 6:36am on June 30, 2010,
John Jubinsky said… - Hi Becky! Have a very happy birthday.
- At 10:35pm on June 30, 2009,
heretic said… - Hallo Becky,
happy birthday and many, many more! =)
- At 9:50am on June 30, 2009,
Kitty said… - Happy Birthday to YOU, Becky!
- At 9:09am on June 1, 2009,
Mohamed Zaki said… - well if we are made to think we are a very tiny minority we can always go to the god of knowledge - google.com i found this there
http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html
and this too
http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html
its just that we are too scattered all around
- At 9:16am on March 28, 2009,
Dawn K said… - Welcome to AN Becky. Thanks for joining our parenting group. Feel free to jump right in!
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