Archive for the 'Children' Category
Posted: Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 @ 9:06 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Children, Friends, Parenting, Secular, Social | 2 Comments »
The Article
I never did tell you about the article I wrote for the Humanist Network News back in March for their Secular Parenting column. Here’s how it starts…
The “Out” Parent
I walked into my child’s preschool one day right before class was to let out. There was a lobby full of parents and one of [...]
Posted: Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 @ 1:42 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Blog, Children, Parenting, Talk Radio | 6 Comments »
Kristen Chase of Motherhood Uncensored will be interviewing Dale and I regarding the book, Parenting Beyond Belief, tonight. Follow the link to the interview site.
Our interview starts at 9:30 EST, but the actual show starts at 9pm with an interview of Julie from Mothergoosemouse. Julie is an atheist and some [...]
Posted: Tuesday, April 24th, 2007 @ 9:27 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Books, Children, Family, Pollution, Secular | 18 Comments »
Some of you wanted to know which publications are refusing to run reviews of Parenting Beyond Belief. I contacted Dale McGowan and he responded that the publisher will not specify which ones actually refused and which ones just haven’t answered. Naturally, there are relationships to maintain and that is understandable.
That doesn’t mean we [...]
Posted: Friday, April 20th, 2007 @ 7:04 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Books, Children, Parenting, Secular | 5 Comments »
Some days my seven-year-old daughter believes there is a god. Hers is a god of lost pencils and favorite foods. On other days, when said god doesn’t come through to grant a wish, she announces, “I guess I don’t believe in god anymore.”
To read more, follow the link to this week’s article in the Humanist [...]
Posted: Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 @ 11:30 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Books, Children, Family, Parenting, Secular | 20 Comments »
The author, Dale McGowan, sent this update to those us who contributed articles to Parenting Beyond Belief:
Several parenting magazines are declining to review the book for fear of offending religious subscribers, and a few retailers are declining to stock the book, claiming there is no market for it. It is essential that we demonstrate [...]
Posted: Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 @ 3:21 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Children, Death, Parenting | 7 Comments »
For most of us, death is the most difficult subject of all for non-believing parents. I got this request from a new reader:
Hi Noell
I happened upon your website as I was searching for input on how to respond to as question my children seem to be very close to asking….What happens to people when [...]
Posted: Monday, February 12th, 2007 @ 9:29 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Books, Children, Education, Evolution, Family, Holidays, Humanism, Parenting | 9 Comments »
I’ve been looking forward to this week for a long time.
Today I am going to add an additional activity to what we did last year. I’m still working it out in my brain but I think I am going to explore color with the kids as a metaphor for how all of life is [...]
Posted: Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 @ 6:11 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Books, Children, Parenting, Secular | 6 Comments »
The book (the one I contributed to) now has a website. I am so excited to get my hands on this thing. Having just read exerpts of some of the other articles, I realized it’ll be even more amazing than I expected. There is some good stuff in there! Please go [...]
Posted: Monday, January 1st, 2007 @ 11:46 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Books, Children, Family, Humanism, Parenting | 18 Comments »
There’s some exciting news in and of itself: a book on secular parenting. It has articles by many we enjoy. Richard Dawkins, Julia Sweeney, Penne Jillette.
Oh, and two articles by Agnostic Mom! And there’s my secret. This book, to be released in April, will feature two of my [...]
Posted: Wednesday, December 13th, 2006 @ 5:41 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Children, Ethics, Morals, Parenting | 4 Comments »
My article is up on the Humanist Network News! Click here to read it.
In fact, the article may relate in some way to a comment/question that Angel posted last week. Angel: If you are still here, the article I linked to may interest you. I do plan to address your specific [...]