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What to teach my child?

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What to teach my child?
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RE: What to teach my child?
December 24, 2014 at 11:41 am
(December 24, 2014 at 5:54 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: Teach them how to apply logic to facts and situations and let them find their own path.

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RE: What to teach my child?
December 24, 2014 at 11:47 am (This post was last modified: December 24, 2014 at 1:06 pm by Jenny A.)
(December 24, 2014 at 5:50 am)Stealth Wrote: I am pretty much going against my belief of asking for opinions for my parenting.

I have a one year old, and I was thinking as an atheist, what would be the best way to enlighten a virgin minded child in regards to religion/atheism?

-Educate them on what what my thoughts are?

-dictate what they should follow or believe in?

-Let them choose what path they want?

I have a few years to prepare, I would like just a general and collected thought on the matter.

As long as you and the child's other parent agree, I think you will find that raising a child atheist is remarkably easy. If you don't indoctrinate; answer questions about god and religion honestly; and encourage thinking all will be well. We have raised two atheist teens, pretty much without effort. After all, without indoctrination, atheism is the natural state.
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RE: What to teach my child?
December 24, 2014 at 12:50 pm
Quote:what would be the best way to enlighten a virgin minded child in regards to religion/atheism?


Teach the child that there are people who have a need to make up answers to questions that, as yet, have no answers.
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