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Loading... Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religionde Dale McGowan
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irá adorar Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. A very balanced look at parenting without religion in a religious world. I got a lot out of this book. (  )1   dbecker | Aug 5, 2008 |  This review was also published, in a slightly enhanced & more comfortable format, at my blog between drafts. While I would recommend this book, it is not what I expected it to be. It will be quite helpful if you are new to being “beyond belief” and want to get to know the basics and see how other people cope; many helpful personal accounts to that effect are provided, including how to survive in a “hostile” environment. What the book does not provide though, with certain exceptions, is a more systematic approach on how to develop and teach secular ethics in your home, how to cope with children’s questions, including questions they bring home from friends, school, or elsewhere. Mind, it’s not that you won’t find such things in the book! Bits and pieces are provided by personal accounts throughout, and there are long lists where you can get advice, help, support, and further information. But, apart from the lists, all this is not done in a systematic way: it might be helpful and it might make you more confident, but you can’t use this book as a practical, down-to-earth guide on how to raise your children beyond belief. 1 gyokusai | Jan 25, 2008 | BTRIPP | Sep 9, 2007 | I am pretty secure in my atheism/secularity and how it relates to my parenting, so I bought this book more out of curiosity than anything. I must admit I really didn’t get anything out of it, but how religion does or doesn’t relate to your life is such a personal thing, writing a review for this book is very difficult. I think that if you come from a religious background this book might be helpful for you – if you have not yet had to experience holidays or grapple with those parental explanations about death or evil without having to rely on religious explanations, this book could be very useful. It would also be helpful if either your family, or even the other parent, is religious and you are looking for a way to reconcile such ideas with your own parenting. But if you are already secure in your own belief (or non-belief) system and how you view the world, I am not sure that this book is really going to bring anything to developing your parenting. (  )1 ForrestFamily | Aug 5, 2007 |  sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0814474268, Paperback)Foreword by Michael Shermer, Ph.D.Contributors include Richard Dawkins, Penn Jillette, Julia Sweeney, and Dr. Donald B. Ardell It’s hard enough to live a secular life in a religious world. And bringing up children without religious influence can be even more daunting. Despite the difficulties, a large and growing number of parents are choosing to raise their kids without religion. In Parenting Beyond Belief, Dale McGowan celebrates the freedom that comes with raising kids without formal indoctrination and advises parents on the most effective way to raise freethinking children. With advice from educators, doctors, psychologists, and philosophers as well as wisdom from everyday parents, the book offers tips and insights on a variety of topics, from "mixed marriages" to coping with death and loss, and from morality and ethics to dealing with holidays. Sensitive and timely, Parenting Beyond Belief features reflections from such freethinkers as Mark Twain, Richard Dawkins, Bertrand Russell, and wellness guru Dr. Don Ardell that will empower every parent to raise both caring and independent children without constraints. (retirado da Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:52 -0400) O primeiro ciclo de testes foi encerrado. Visite o grupo Open Shelves Classification para mais detalhes. |
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