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Divorce is Even Harder on the Kids When One Parent is Shunned By the Other’s...

Life is tough for a divorced parent whose ex has joint custody of the kids and a different religious belief. While the parents can agree not to disparage each other in front of the children, God can...

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A New Book Explores How Non-Religious Parents Are Filling the Faith Gap

For years now, Katherine Ozment has been exploring how the ever-growing segment of non-religious parents raise their children. They're not all atheists, but they have to grapple with the Big Questions...

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Why Is Grandma Talking To Her Food? How to Explain Prayer to Children

David McAfee, the author of several books about faith and atheism, has teamed up with writer and illustrator Chuck Harrison for a new project introducing religion to children.The Book of Gods offers an...

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Gibraltar Court Rules That Catholic Mother Can’t Baptize Son Without Atheist...

It's always tough to figure out how to raise a children when the parents are separated and have different religious beliefs. For a couple in Gibraltar, the conflict involved a Roman Catholic mother and...

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My Son Asked Me: Does the President Have to Be Religious?

After hearing multiple references to God during this week's speeches at the Democratic National Convention, my son asked me if being religious was a requirement to be President. I want to tell him...

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The Problem with Grooming Kids Into Your Religious Faith

TheraminTrees shows us that if we treated other subjects the same way we treat religion, indoctrinating our kids into our way of thinking from the moment they're born, it'd rightfully be considered...

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The Quintessential Book of Advice for Atheist Parents Just Got Bigger and Better

Of all the books I've recommended to readers over the years, one that I've kept coming back to -- because it's so reliable, interesting, and useful -- is Dale McGowan's Parenting Beyond Belief: On...

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How I’m Raising My Non-Religious Children in a Religious Community

As a secular family living in the South, this is what we do to help our children adjust.

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A Message to Religious Parents: Don’t Just Teach Your Kids the “Good” Parts...

YouTuber Alex J. O'Connor (a.k.a. CosmicSkeptic) has a response for religious parents who say they only teach their kids the "good bits" of their faith, setting aside the nonsense.

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The Atheist Parent Challenge: Is It Indoctrination If You Steer Your Kids...

If I, as an atheist, raise a kid who becomes religious, have I failed as a parent or succeeded as one who raised a young woman capable of independent thought?

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Reza Aslan and Jessica Jackley Describe How They Make Their Interfaith...

In a recent TEDx talk, Reza Aslan and Jessica Jackley discussed how marriages between people of different religious beliefs (including atheists) are happening more often, how and why they can work, and...

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What Would You Tell This Young Atheist Getting Bullied By Her Christian Friend?

Theresa Edwards' daughter just finished fourth grade and she learned an important lesson this year: Be careful when coming out as an atheist. Your close friend might use that information against you.

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Here’s How Atheist Parents Raise Their Children

Aren't atheist parents just indoctrinating kids into their NON-religion?That's one of the questions these parents answer in this excellent video.

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A Slate Columnist Gave Awful Advice to These Well-Meaning Atheist Parents

The atheist parents wanted to know how to teach their kids about God without bashing religious people. They deserved a better response than this.

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Christian Writer: You Need Jesus If You Want to Be a Better Mother

If there's one lesson mothers learn by painful experience, it's this: there is no single correct way to parent. Anyone who suggests otherwise is lying.

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How to Discipline Your Children Without Religion

What do you do when God, Hell, and Bible-based physical abuse are out of the picture? Turns out there are secular ways to raise wonderful kids.

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Watch This Film About Moms Who, Unlike Gwyneth Paltrow, Are Committed to Science

New parents are inundated with irrational advice, but these moms are sticking to science and reason.

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As Non-Religious Numbers Grow, More Parents Are Raising Kids Without Religion

You don't need religion to teach ethics and morality. Atheist parents understand that.

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