Should you wait to talk to a child about atheism?

[FatAndFaithless]

We have two teenage daughters. Our relatives are very Christian and many of the girls friends are also Christian. They have been to church with relatives and friends, and because it simply was the best one in town, to a Lutheran preschool. We've simply discussed what we believe (or rather don't believe) and why around the dinner table. Other than that we've answered the girls' questions as they arose.

The result? We have two well informed atheists with some knowledge of Christianity.

Oh and some funny stories--- During her pre-school years my eldest played a game where she would put a sheet over her head and chase the youngest around while claiming to be the ghost of Egypt. It took me a while to figure out that she'd miss understood what was meant by the host of Egypt.

I like this approach. You don't hide your opinions from your kids but you don't force it on them.