Laurie's review
Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion by Dale McGowan
Laurie's review
rating:
recommended for: Anyone wanting to understand how to parent (or talk to kids) from a nontheist perspective
status: Read in August, 2007
rating:
recommended for: Anyone wanting to understand how to parent (or talk to kids) from a nontheist perspective
status: Read in August, 2007
No, we don't have children, and no I'm not pregnant. But, I read a really good review of this book in Newsweek and I really wanted to read it. I highly recommend it for those 4 million Americans who claim "no religion". It's basically a compilation of different essays on different perspectives (all non-religious) about raising children. Many of the essays don't agree with the other essays, which I liked -- there are many numerous ways to talk with kids. I got a lot of good stuff out of it. According the book jacket this is the first book about non-religious parenting! I consider my opinions about religion to be very private, but when (if) kids ask me about my opinions, this gives me some good ideas about where to start, beginning with the phrase, "I believe..."
