I disagree with both daycare and preschool. Also bottles, baby food jars, public school in general, and most things US people seem to accept as normal.

But, even if people use daycare, unless they used a church-affiliated childcare, these places are already secular.

Yes. This is so frustrating. They start getting them in daycare and preschool

Thank god secular is the norm here, we do have christian stuff but most do not get into religion at all.

That’s as deep a core issue as I’ve read on these boards…..

Nearly every damn church using their tax-free buildings as ‘day care’ or religious indoctrination chambers for the children of our stressed communities…. More lasting damage is no doubt done in those settings than any proselytizing at an adult level.

Why are my daughters Atheists? Because their at-home-dad gave up a career to raise them honest… But how many parents can afford to have one home ..as when my Atheist mother raised me and my siblings..

As I left work early today ‘church daycare’ was apparently letting out. But it looked like ordinary stress-out parents leading their little waddlers home - not the socially pious you’d see on a Sunday. Had me thinking the same, as I was only days ago … but where could ‘this successful dad’ find work caring for kids beyond his own..? Not in my small town..

And to think, having to ‘cleanse your personality’ … if not replace it with, at best, a ‘religious tolerance’ if not religious promotion. Makes me sick. Angry, depressed - and disgusted with my nation, region - and humanity in general. No answer here - dog damnit ~

Start at the beginning

I worked in 2 day cares that were both secular. Are all yours church run? Don't know if feasible in the Bible Belt-enough non-religious kids?

Unfortunately the establishment basis on the characteristic of people with religious backgrounds. I would like for them to know Ted Bundy, Dennis Raider (BTK ) and Gary Ridgeway ( the green river killer) were all upstanding religious people.

I would think that many millennials would be seeking secular or humanistic child care or pre-school for their children, but perhaps that is regional. If you are in a bible belt, you would likely have better success if you avoid the term "atheist" until the label loses its stigma, and stick to "secular" or "humanistic" or "human values oriented" which seem to be better tolerated by the public.

If you're interested in getting a tax exemption for your center, like the religious centers get, you could look into forming a religious organization based on humanism or some such thing that conveys your message on non-theistic human values. I know it's controversial to ask for tax consideration for humanistic endeavors, but it's one avenue to explore.

What's an athiest?

Honestly, I’d rather see an orphan go to a religious family than none at all.

I'm for it, but it is all messed up. The best way would just be having a day care that is not god oriented. Somewhere along the line someone will notice that and it could even end with you not being able to work in day care any longer. Good luck, but watch your steps.

Good luck to you! It definitely needs to be done.