Welcome to the forum!
You may want to check out the book -
Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion by Dake NcGowen
I believe it has some useful info on your specific issues.
Maybe you should consider attending a Unitarian Universalist Church. It may fill the space your children are missing, without the indoctrination.
You may want to check out the book -
Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion by Dake NcGowen
I believe it has some useful info on your specific issues.
Maybe you should consider attending a Unitarian Universalist Church. It may fill the space your children are missing, without the indoctrination.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.