Note: Letter writers’ names are changed to protect their privacy. Dear Richard, I’m not usually the sort to ask for advice this way, but I’ve come up against a situation where I could use some input. My son is six years old and in his class at school, as is typical, almost all the kids [...]
That Religion Doesn’t Make Sense (A Song for Children)
April 26, 2013 By 27 Comments
The little girl is wise beyond her years… and the ending cracked me up 
There’s a worry that some atheist parents won’t teach their children about religious beliefs at all, but this video offers a different approach: Just teach your children all the beliefs! Who needs fairy tales when there are so many holy books just lying around?
(via WhitneyAvalon — Thanks to ihedenius for the link!)
Shades of Black Atheism #10: Raising Children as Christians, Justin Bonaparte
March 12, 2013 By 18 Comments
Justin Bonaparte, a 39-year-old Charlotte resident told me that he “was raised in a nominally Christian household.” He, along with his older brother, attended a K-8 Catholic school, but he feels that was because private school offered them a better education not because his parents sought to further indoctrinate them.
Ask Richard: Atheist Mother: My Daughter is Going to Church
February 25, 2013 By 150 Comments
Note: Letter writers’ names are changed to protect their privacy. Dear Richard, I have read with great interest your advice to atheist teens coming out to their theist families, and I wonder if you have any advice to someone in the opposite situation. I am an atheist parent trying to deal with my college sophomore [...]
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