Hell no. I will raise my children to believe what they want to believe in, no matter what anyone thinks. Judgmental jerks be damned.
No. I Teach my son of my beliefs but I also try to teach him to keep an open mind.
Should he decide to follow any faith that choice is for him to make when he feels ready
When my daughter was eight I told her that Jesus was Santa Claus for grownups. She understood fine, and laughed.
Sometimes not only are kids more insightful then some of give them credit but intuitive and thoughtful of what we say or behave
No, they can make up their own mind as adults!
No, however I teach them to respect other people's choices and beliefs.
No and fuck no. Not wholly responsible, but it is that line of thinking that allows religion to linger on, IMO. I teach my children to be open and understanding of other beliefs and actually go into the mechanics of how they possibly ended up in that belief.
No I love my son but he’s intellectually a little like me but smarter. I’ve asked him to respect others beliefs it I told him he may chose any path. I’m a Jew and my wife is a Christian so I don’t discuss religion much but my wife I’m a religious illiterate and have no real beliefs other then the World Cup and I’ve asked her to allow our son to explore... she gives the demonically possessed but tells me the power of Christ compels me. No she is going to have to get use to her sons non beliefs
Absolutely not. Just as much as they learn about what the local religions believe, I'm going to give them the rational counter-arguments and let them figure it out.
No, I wouldn't raise my children that way to fit in. They need to know the truth about the world, and not to believe in stupid fairy tales. I know I would have been happier if I was. Also, tell to be respectful of others beliefs, so that get along with more people.
Absolutely not. I raised by daughter by giving her a label, like her friends had. Only our label was Humanist and our credo was that we believe in the goodness of humanity and the celebration of people and their right to be unique.
It worked fine for her and for my two grandchildren, who are fine, loving, creative, productive -- and funny -- humans.
No, I am open about my atheism. They are free to choose their own path.
Well....
When my daughter was born, I was attempting to be religious myself, sincerely seeking to believe (or seeking something to believe in). By the time I realized I was an atheist, she was already going to Sunday school and enjoying it, making friends, appearing in plays, etc.
These days I just model atheism for her, providing logic and science and making sure she understands that religion can't be literally true. She's already there, realizing that evolution happened, the world is much older than the fundamentalist sect I used to belong to says, and so on. I just have to make sure she has the tools to make up her own mind.
My ex took my children to a traditional church. I took my children to a Unitarian Universalist church. It was a good balance given the situation and time. Both children have chosen not to take their children to churches. Cool....
No way! I was so proud when I recently heard him tell a friend he was atheist. & I didn't really "teach" him to be atheist, except by example & through conversation if the kids themselves brought it up. Their dad is a believer of some sort but not church going...