This course introduces many of the developing best practices for raising children without religion. Areas explored include moral development, worldview literacy, influencing without indoctrinating, dealing effectively with religious extended family, understanding mortality, and helping children develop personal identity and community without the benefits or detriments of a religious framework.
When possible, this course draws on existing research and expert opinion in child development. When such data are not yet available, the course draws on the growing consensus among secular parents in recent years.
by Dale McGowan
Dale McGowan left a 15-year career as a college professor in 2006 to pursue writing full-time. He edited and co-authored Parenting Beyond Belief and Raising Freethinkers, the first comprehensive resources for nonreligious parents, as well as Voices of Unbelief (2012) and Atheism For Dummies (2013).
Dale writes the secular parenting blog The Meming of Life, teaches nonreligious parenting seminars across the United States, and serves as executive director of Foundation Beyond Belief, a humanist charitable foundation based in Atlanta.
