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April 2016

April 28, 2016

How Do You Explain the Rapture to a Secular First Grader?

I doubt I'll ever quite get used to the way my daughter Sally responds to...

September 2015

September 19, 2015

My Atheist Daughter and Her Evangelical Grandmother

I've been an atheist for over half a decade now, but I still haven't told...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

An Atheist Parent, an Evangelical Grandmother, and a Six-Year-Old Girl

Believe me, reader, when I say that if my mother becomes coercive or manipulative toward...

April 2015

April 19, 2015

Why I Take My Kids to the UU Church

This Easter, I talked to Sally about spring holidays and the stories societies share. I...

April 09, 2015

What Kind of Atheist Parent Are You?

Some months ago I mentioned Temperance Brennan in a blog post on atheist parenting, and...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

What Makes a Person an “Atheist” Parent?

What, exactly, is an atheist parent anyway? Is an atheist parent simply an individual who...

January 13, 2015

Does Atheist Parenting “Work”?

And honestly, I think this is a true for a lot of atheist parenting---for us,...

December 2014

December 02, 2014

How Not to Teach Children Critical Thinking

It is one thing for a parent to say they are going to teach their...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Why I Won’t Teach My Children That Religion Is Nonsense

Kaveh Mousavi recently wrote a blog post titled Why I Will Teach My Children that...

April 2014

April 23, 2014

In Which I Explain Easter to Sally

We saw my family over the Easter holiday, and in preparation I wanted to make...

April 15, 2014

Jesus, Zeus, Persephone—and Fairies

"Mommy, what god to you believe in?" Sally asked me recently. "I don't believe in...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

When God Took a Journey in a Cave

Sally's life is replete with stories. Princesses and superheroes dance across her daydreams. Harry Potter,...

November 08, 2013

Interfaith Marriage and Interfaith Parenting: A Reader Asks

This reader is essentially asking two questions: first, how to handle an interfaith marriage, and...

April 2013

April 11, 2013

Sally, Clara Oswald, and Doctor Who

I am fascinated by watching Sally learn about the world and seek to make sense...

February 2013

February 07, 2013

Medusa, the Weeping Angels, and Mary’s Fairy Godmother

Last night I was in the middle of reading Sally a book of Greek mythology...

January 2013

January 24, 2013

Jesus, Doctor Who, and My Preschooler

Sally recently found a picture of the empty tomb in a Bible story book she...

December 2012

December 11, 2012

How I Lost My Fear of Reading My Daughter Bible Stories

I wrote almost a year ago about my fears about reading the Bible story books...

June 2012

June 19, 2012

In which Sally masters grace and I relax

As you may have noticed, I can sometimes be a bit angsty about raising my...

June 05, 2012

Teaching Children about God: How to Get Started?

A couple of months ago I wrote a post called "Are You Teaching Her about...

April 2012

April 15, 2012

“Are You Teaching Her About Jesus?”

A letter from a relative recently asked me this question with regards to my daughter:...

April 03, 2012

Atheist Parenting: Call-Out for Tips and Anecdotes

I'd like to invite any of my readers who happen to be (a) atheists or...

March 2012

March 25, 2012

“Because that’s how God made you”

The other day my daughter asked me a question: Mommy, why do I have two...

February 2012

February 26, 2012

A humorous post on reading Bible story books to my daughter

Any atheist parent with religious relatives will have to figure out how to deal with...

January 2012

January 02, 2012

Atheism through the holidays, part 4: How to deal with religious relatives

I know this is late - the holidays are now over - but I don't...

December 2011

December 23, 2011

Atheism through the holidays, part 3: Family, generosity, and the true meaning of Christmas

Most Christians want Christmas to focus on the birth of their savior. Mass marketing, on...

December 20, 2011

Atheism through the holidays, part 2: What to do about baby Jesus

My parents homeschooled me in part to "shelter" me - to keep me from what...

December 14, 2011

Atheism through the holidays, part 1: Santa Claus

When people ask, "but how can you do Christmas without Jesus?" it makes me want...

August 2011

August 21, 2011

Parenting, Belief, and Expectations

Today I watched this video. It is a talk at a Secular Student Alliance conference...