Updated to add: This wasn’t clear enough in the original post, below, but we did know he would get religious content at the Lutheran preschool we chose. (We’ve been listening to the bible verses he has been memorizing all year long.) The main issue in this case comes not from the mere existence of the [...]
My husband and I are atheists, but we have never focused on that with our kids. We decided to wait until they are older (they are 5 and 7 now) before we explain exactly what our beliefs are. We are trying to avoid indoctrinating them into atheism, as it were. We’d prefer they grow up [...]
Skepticism isn’t something you are born understanding; you really have to learn it. Unfortunately they don’t teach this stuff in school! So let’s take Skepticism 101. Today’s lesson is courtesy of my seven-year-old daughter, Little Skeptic Girl:
Me: Do you know what Big Foot is?
LSG: Yes, I know of two Big Foots.
Me: Two?
LSG: Yes, one that [...]