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Poems by Yip Harburg appearing on pages 106, 139, 153, 170, 176, and 206 are © The Yip Harburg Foundation and are used with permission.
For information regarding the following material used with permission, please see the page on which each one begins: “I’d Rather Play Outside” by Anne Nicol Gaylor, page 17; “To Easter Bunny or Not to Easter Bunny?” by Noell Hyman, page 83; “Oh Karma, Dharma, Pudding and Pie” by Philip Appleman, page 127; “The End, As We Know It” by Noell Hyman, page 154; “Thoughts on Raising a Curious, Creative, Freethinking Child” by Robert E. Kay, page 179; and “The Idea That Changed the World” by Kristan Lawson, page 206.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Parenting beyond belief: on raising ethical, caring kids without religion / edited by Dale McGowan.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-10: 0-8144-7426-8 (pbk.)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8144-7426-6 (pbk.)
1. Parenting—Religious aspects. 2. Religious education of children. 3. Free thought. I. McGowan, Dale.
BL2777.R4P37 2007
649′.7—dc22
2006038883
© 2007 Dale McGowan
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