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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Mar 3, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by nicestuff

How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger March 13, 2019 Excerpts: "When we yell at a child — or even threaten with something like 'I'm starting to get angry,' we're training the child to yell. "In contrast, parents who control their ...

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Oct 30, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Spooner

Hi all! Dad of 2 boys in southern CA... 8 and 16.

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Sep 21, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by kdmom

Navajo Baby’s First Laugh Ceremony Obviously I don’t care about the spiritual/religious roots of this, but I love the idea of the tradition over all. “Parents, siblings, cousins, grandparents and just about anyone who is close to the family ...

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Jul 22, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by kdmom

Hi everyone! New member here. 😊 I’m married and have one 3yo and baby on-the-way. I have two questions: What do you all do to build a sense of community for your family? What does that “community” look like? One of the great things ...

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Mar 24, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by Ann-1980

When a parent feels the urge to shout or hit.......the only assumption made by liberals, is, and true most of the time.....that those parents lack awareness. I feel there r 2 aspects to it. Either or both cud be responsible. 1. Lack of awareness 2....

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Apr 27, 2019Apr 2019

Posted by AlexRam

I was proud of my 12 yo daughter. She was at school with her friends and I overhead her saying "I am an Atheist". Wish I could have had the courage to do that at 12!

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Sep 30, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by Nichole765

I have always encouraged my children to be independent and stubborn. In stubbornness, comes determination. In independence, comes wisdom. With that said, with five kids, comes a worried mom. "be free to fly, but I will be watching"

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Sep 9, 2018Sep 2018

Posted by mikecagain

Any suggestions on good books for kids around the topics of secular humanism or morality without a god? Certainly I will teach them as best I can my thoughts on the subject. But I always like having another source for them to turn to. Plus, I ...

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Jul 28, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by mikecagain

I'm fairly new to this site and haven't searched through all the old posts yet. This is a topic that I imagine has already been discussed ad nauseum, but I haven't seen it so I want to throw it out there. Are there any atheist/agnostics out there ...

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Jun 29, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by OpposingOpposum

Being a Mom means being constantly torn between loving someone and wanting to strangle them.

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Mar 30, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by DonThiebaut

Today I had someone tell me, " if you don't spank your kids they'll grow up to be brats". I tried to explain to him that statistically speaking, spanking makes them more likely to grow up with problems. He seemed unwilling or unable to understand. ...

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Mar 26, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by OpposingOpposum

This has been a big hit at my house lately. Also allows me to get in some exercise!

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Mar 22, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by OpposingOpposum

The judgement on here makes me furious. I have been that mom,driving with a baby @4 a.m. because its the only way he'll sleep. Had anything been open,you can bet your butt I'd have been going in for a coffee. People in general and ...

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Mar 19, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by OpposingOpposum

I love this.

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Mar 10, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by OpposingOpposum

A very sad post on the main page got me thinking about bullying and the effects it has on our kids. How do you handle your kids being bullied or your kids bullying others? Bullying is an epidemic at our local elementary. The staff seems to treat it ...

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Mar 7, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by OpposingOpposum

No big lesson or anything,I just wanted to share the cuteness of my son and great niece.

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Mar 5, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by blago84

Not having any kids on my own yet, but definitely want to at some point. I have been raised non-religious (despite that my mother turned religious recently) and as it goes for me - so will be my children. Will seek to educate them since early age to ...

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Mar 4, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by OpposingOpposum

Hi everyone! It looks as though I'm going to be doing quite a bit of childcare here soon. The children coming to spend time with me aren't from particularly religious households (thank goodness) but if the topic of religion does come up,what is your ...

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Mar 4, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by GlyndonD

I have a daughter 10 and son 11. My ex is Catholic. She doesn't seem to be too indoctrinating, although there are bloodied crucifixes hanging all over her house. I'm not sure why she hasn't taken them to church hardly at all. Anyway, I've ...

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Feb 22, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by OpposingOpposum

I'm feeling a bit guilty about not doing much with this group yet so here's an "introductory post" You hear the phrase "it takes a village to raise a child" a LOT as a parent. What do you do when you don't have the crutch of a religious ...

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Feb 22, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by JeffB

Do parent teacher their kids to be atheist? I never did. I just tell them that I am an atheist but I don't care what they believe. I'll take them to a church if they want. I wanted them to explore the world and figure it out for themselves. I figure ...

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Cool Kids. Raising children Agnostic/Atheist

Feb 21, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by Lilie

Thank you for making this group!

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