Being an Atheist Father

[thesummerqueen]

I would visit the place yourself first. When my ex and I were discussing marriage and children, I stoutly put down my foot and said that our kids would be raised Jewish (this was before I even realized it was "okay" to be an atheist, but I would have made the same choice - non-religious children would have been out of the question). Why? Because the church he was raised in, and struggled all his life to get back to, was a hellfire and brimstone Baptist church. As an adult, he thought it was fine. When the question of kids came up between us, he seemed to have forgotten anything negative he said about the place. I refuse to put my kids through that kind of emotional abuse. Sometimes it takes a fresh pair of ears and eyes for anyone to realize what's actually being said though.