RE: Parenting rules?
September 8, 2018 at 10:57 pm
(This post was last modified: September 8, 2018 at 11:11 pm by Seraphina.)
As far as friendships with my daughter's friend's parents, I'll give out my Facebook info before I give my phone #. But if the friends are coming over to visit or sleepover or we're taking a friend on an outing with us, then trading phone #s is a must.
I definitely wouldn't send the religious meme mom any atheist memes as that seems like ineffective communication but if the religious memes are bothering you, you could politely ask her to stop sending them. Maybe say they're taking up too much memory on your phone, then offer to be Facebook friends.
I'm low-ley atheist when it comes to my daughter's friends and their parents. I'll tell people that I'm not religious but people unfortunately tend to have viscerally negative reactions when they hear the "a" word. So I won't jeopardize my kid's friendships just because she happens to have an atheist mom. We don't live in the Bible Belt, thankfully, so that makes it a little easier.
-Teresa
You make a good point and as a parent I totally get it. Religion-pushers, though, are always going to be out there, unfortunately. When a religious nut shows up, I feel like I'm helping my own kid more by giving her the tools to skeptically swat them away herself. And those are useful skills to have when young, impressionable adults are no longer at home with mom or dad to step in for them.
Very young kids, of course, may need mom or dad to step in so your mileage may vary.
-Teresa
I definitely wouldn't send the religious meme mom any atheist memes as that seems like ineffective communication but if the religious memes are bothering you, you could politely ask her to stop sending them. Maybe say they're taking up too much memory on your phone, then offer to be Facebook friends.
I'm low-ley atheist when it comes to my daughter's friends and their parents. I'll tell people that I'm not religious but people unfortunately tend to have viscerally negative reactions when they hear the "a" word. So I won't jeopardize my kid's friendships just because she happens to have an atheist mom. We don't live in the Bible Belt, thankfully, so that makes it a little easier.
-Teresa
(September 7, 2018 at 6:09 pm)Joods Wrote: I would be concerned if that parent started pushing her religious beliefs on Losty's daughter. So maybe stepping in and saying something now would be a good idea.
You make a good point and as a parent I totally get it. Religion-pushers, though, are always going to be out there, unfortunately. When a religious nut shows up, I feel like I'm helping my own kid more by giving her the tools to skeptically swat them away herself. And those are useful skills to have when young, impressionable adults are no longer at home with mom or dad to step in for them.
Very young kids, of course, may need mom or dad to step in so your mileage may vary.
-Teresa
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