I’ll have to disagree on the part about no indoctrination. I think kids need training. It’s interesting to read about feral humans who literally grew up with zero human indoctrination. Not a pretty sight.

@WilliamFleming
I agree with that. It's the expectations that are so damaging.

I agree, I taught my daughter to think for herself from a very young age, never to blindly accept what she was told as being true/factual unless she had first thought about it and decided for herself, BUT, most important of all I taught her to show respect and kindness towards ALL others, even to those who reject you for it, trust in yourself, speak your mind clearly and without animosity and be yourself no matter what.
Not wishing to sound boastful, etc, but over the years, both while she was alive and even since her passing, I have been told by innumerable strangers, teachers, friends, etc, who knew her well that " She was a child that any parent could be proud to have raised, a credit to my teachings and a credit to the human race."

@Deiter I agree with your point about the abrahamic faiths but that’s the part that’s killing them now.
Our children because of the lack of direct and constant parenting are developing their own sense of identity and ideologies but since they’re still going to encounter those who believe in and follow older religions I feel it’s best to ensure that they’re at least aware of them and what they believe.

For me I was raised around a lot of southern Baptist and my father who was rebellious decided to first join the catholic faith and then later converted to Judaism.
So I had a taste of all three and I was deployed to the first gulf war and spent a lot of time in Saudi Arabia as well as dealing with Americanized Muslims while working in corrections.

So if we want to preach diversity and acceptance to our children so that they hopefully one day will stop the killing of each other then we first have to be open and knowledgeable.

@Deiter I agree and I read that article and was Disgusted.. I am thinking about how to move to the Yukon since I cannot get a ride to Mars. This Country is Insane with religious fervor and it Disgusts me daily.

Yes this you said it!

The only part of religion that comes from brainwashing is the local flavor. If all parents in the world agreed to be totally silent about their religion, and followed through flawlessly, the very next generation would come in more religious than ever, with their own original flavors, because the tendency to religious behavior is an evolutionary adaptation, plus the consequence of unavoidable neonatal development. For the science behind this read John Wathey. Energy is better spent steering that instinct in a healthy direction than pretending we can effortlessly step outside the effects of evolution’s imprint.

@skado no thanks