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Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion

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I stumbled upon this book when I was looking for help explaining death to my 3 year old son. Since as a child I was told death was 'just like going to sleep' by my well-meaning atheist parents, I wanted something else for my children that would result in fewer sleepless nights. I found the answers I was looking for, and in addition I really enjoyed the rest of the book and liked the essay format. I was a little shocked at some of the information, since apparently I've been living in a British Columbia bubble and hadn't been aware of views that children cannot be taught morals etc without religion. Because in BC nontheism is quite common, and I myself was raised without religion, this had never occurred to me. At most I've encountered people thinking atheists are less charitable, but not amoral. A quick internet search confirmed that the ignorance and hate was real. Great book. I'm now reading Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide to Parenting Beyond Belief, after the handful of activities in PBB (demonstrating the scale of the universe in a soccer field, etc) left me wanting more.