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by Dale McGowan
Parenting Beyond Belief, 2nd Edition
Cover
Half title
Title
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Chapter 1 Personal Reflections
Introduction
Navigating Around the Dinner Table
Good and Bad Reasons for Believing
Growing Up Godless: How I Survived Amateur Secular Parenting
Excerpt from Autobiography
Raised Without Religion
Authentic Secular Parenting: Letting Children Choose
My Father’s House
Passing Down the Joy of Not Collecting Stamps
Additional Resources
Chapter 2 Living with Religion
Introduction
Introducing Kids to Things We Don’t Believe
10 Commandments for Talking to Kids About Religion When You’re Not Religious
When Your Child Is Terrified You’re Going to Hell
Managing Dissonance with Religious Relatives
Parenting Across the Belief Gap
Choosing Your Battles
Secular Schooling
Additional Resources
Chapter 3 Holidays and Celebrations
Introduction
Humanist Ceremonies
Losing the “Holy,” Keeping the “Day”
Point/Counterpoint: The Question of the Claus: Should the Santa Story Stay or Go in Secular Families?
Point: Put the Claus Away
Counterpoint: Santa Claus: The Ultimate Dry Run
Additional Resources
Chapter 4 On Being and Doing Good
Introduction
Raising Ethical Children
Spare the Rod—and Spare Me the Rest
Morality and Evil
Behaving Yourself: Moral Development in the Secular Family
Take Two Tablets and Call Me in the Morning
Double Vision: Teaching Our Twins Pride and Respect
Seven Secular Virtues: Humility, Empathy, Courage, Honesty, Openness, Generosity, and Gratitude
Excerpt from “Morals Without Religion”
Additional Resources
Chapter 5 Death and Consolation
Introduction
Before and After
Helping Your Child Live with Grief without Religion
Where All Roads Lead
The First Really, Really Hard Good-Bye
Small Comforts
Dealing with Death in the Secular Family
Additional Resources
Chapter 6 Wondering and Questioning
Introduction
Little Bessie Would Assist Providence
A Nose Is a Nose Is a Nose
Of Curious Women and Dead Cats
Repurposing Noah’s Ark: How to Inspire Your Kids with the Science of Evolution
We’ve Come a Long Way, Buddy
Teaching Kids to Yawn at Counterfeit Wonder
Parenting and the Arts
Additional Resources
Chapter 7 Community and Identity
Introduction
“What Are We?”
Being Secular, Finding Community
Summer Camp Beyond Belief
Live Better, Help Often, and Wonder More
Additional Resources
Glossary
Notes
Index
Free Sample from Raising Freethinkers by Dale McGowan
About AMACOM
Copyright
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