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May 2013
May 13, 2013
Daddy, Daughter Discuss God (Again); More Cuteness Ensues
My husband and 7-year-old daughter had another totally awesome conversation about God a few days...
May 09, 2013
Benefits to Being a Secular Parent? Let Us Count the Ways
Nonreligious parenting has its challenges. Being honest with our kids without indoctrinating them. Addressing conflicts...
May 02, 2013
Memory Candles a Secular Way for Kids to Honor Their Dead
This is how my good friend Katie describes herself: "A confused Catholic married to a...
April 2013
April 29, 2013
Fun Facts about Nones
I've been poring over data as it relates to religious "nones" for, well, far too...
April 22, 2013
The Best Thing About Being a Secular Parent? You Tell Me!
Not long ago, my sister and her husband invited an old friend over for dinner....
April 16, 2013
12 Tips for Talking to Little Ones About Death
When American children return from school today, many will undoubtedly have questions about the Boston...
April 15, 2013
Honoring Guru Nanak — And Whoever’s Hanging On Your Wall
If Guru Nanak were alive today, the Sihk leader would be turning 544 years old —...
April 11, 2013
Temporarily Suspended…
Sorry, no new post today! I'm taking a weekend vacation to Vancouver, but I'll be...
April 08, 2013
Don’t Just Hang in There: It’s Time to Retire Certain Myths about Grief
If this poster looks at all familiar, you were probably alive in the 80s. For...
April 04, 2013
Thinking About the Best Ways to Comfort Grieving Kids? Think Again.
Ten months ago, I wrote a blog called Heaven Doesn't Help Us: Talking to Kids...
April 01, 2013
Only Five Religious Books Have Won the Caldecott — Most Before 1963
If you've ever perused the religion books within the children's section of your local library,...
March 2013
March 28, 2013
Quick! What the Hell is Easter?
My favorite anecdote told by Teach Not Preach blogger Jim Morrison appears in one of...
March 11, 2013
‘Up Series’ Captures the Magic of Age 7
One of my all-time favorite things IN THE WORLD is the Up Series, a British...
March 07, 2013
Kids Leaving Parents’ Religion Certainly Gets People Talking
I'm hella busy today, but wanted to link to a few recent news posts about...
March 04, 2013
Nonreligious Parents a ‘Niche’ Market? Not By My Count
When I started pitching "Relax, It's Just God" two years ago, I was told, repeatedly,...
February 2013
February 28, 2013
Despite Controversy, World Religion Teacher Tells It Like It Is
I may have a new BFF — or, at the very least, a great new...
February 25, 2013
One Set of ‘Footprints in the Sand’ is Plenty for This Kid
When I was growing up — Missouri, 1980s — half the kids I knew had...
February 21, 2013
15 Secular Songs to Share With Your Kids
Not long ago, I suggested that nonreligious parents share religious music with their kids. I put together...
February 18, 2013
God’s (Alleged) Gender Proves Problematic for Some Parents
About a year ago — when my daughter was six — I noticed that she...
February 07, 2013
On ‘Hell’ and ‘Evil’ — and the Uselessness of Both Concepts
There is no stronger theme in story-telling than the struggle between good and evil. And...
February 04, 2013
A Few Changes Around Here
I am writing this from my sister's car, so this will be brief. I just...
January 2013
January 31, 2013
What’s Wrong with a Nativity Scene Made out of Dead Cats?
When my mom was in college at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, she had...
January 28, 2013
This Blog Has Been Flagged as Inappropriate
A couple of weeks ago, a Texas mother named Deborah Mitchell wrote a guest blog for...
January 24, 2013
A Newer (And More Laid Back) Brand of Atheism
Religiously speaking, this is an unusual time in our history. Secularism is clearly on the rise,...
January 21, 2013
The Game-Changer: ‘I Have a Dream’
I saw Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech" for the first time...
January 14, 2013
3 Must-Reads for Secular Parents
The last month has produced an incredible little selection of articles relating to secular parenting,...
January 10, 2013
An Interview with the Guy Who Named the ‘Nones’
There was a time, in the extremely recent past, when Americans with no religion were...
January 07, 2013
Quick! What the Hell is Epiphany?
OK, y'all, I have to apologize. First, I've been traveling without my laptop for the...
December 2012
December 20, 2012
Learning to Ignore Religious Reactions to School Shootings
I'm on the freeway, heading back home from a doctor's appointment, and feeling morose. For...
December 17, 2012
Discussing Death with Little Ones (Whose Deaths We Fear So Much)
Not since 9/11 has a tragedy so deeply affected our nation as the massacre of...
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