Never, just to be conscientious of other faiths but to not allow themselves to be fooled by them.
No way. Religion, if at all meaningful, should not be steeped in hypocrisy, despite what some others do. I might consider pretending in public if death were the penalty for not.
Ugh. Never.
On the other hand, many people are in situations where they have important jobs (teacher, lawyer, doctor, soldier, politician, et cetera) and being an open atheist can be a huge disadvantage, especially given that they may very well be trying to improve things----and they certainly 'play the part', sometimes asking their families to do the same. And those are very morally ambiguous situations in which the niche they've carved out for themselves seems to require a certain pretense. But I personally couldn't do it, and it's a privilege to be able to say I wouldn't. I have no idea how I'd answer if I hadn't been raised where I was, but I hope I'd still say I wouldn't.
fuck no! that being said I wouldn't force them to be non-religious either. they can make that choice on their own when they're old enough.
My three boys are already adults and all call themselves atheists. I never crammed it down their throats, but when they would come to me with questions that they had I would ask them questions back so that they could think through both sides of the proposed religious issue. I never had to sit them down and try to convert them to anything. I just valued their curiosity and questions with more to think about. They came to their own conclusions, and interestingly can hold their own in any discussion or argument.
ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!!!!!!!! My son is grown up and is agnostic/atheist. His father was a believer, and I'm glad that he was closer with my side of the family and had good enough common sense not to follow in his father's tracks.
No, but as a single parent for most of my child's developing years, I allowed her to attend church with her grandparents, friends, and other relatives. I also clearly stated my beliefs and let her decide whether to accept a god/religion or not. She is well into adulthood now and seems comfortably agnostic, which is what I would have called myself at her age.
Nope. My kids have had questions, I answered them honestly. They're 13, 11 and 5. The 5-year-old doesn't seem interested yet, the other two don't believe in any kind of God.