Parenting Without God: How to Raise Moral, Ethical, and Intelligent Children, Free from Religious Dogma: Second Edition

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This practical guide--written with humility, compassion, and understanding--helps parents teach their children about standing up to religious proselytization and recognizing all forms of discrimination that hamper human dignity and democracy. It's for parents who wish for their children to question everything and reach their own conclusions based o

Dan Arel is an author whose work has appeared in Time, Huffington Post, Salon, and more. He is the recipient of the 2014 American Atheists First Amendment Award. Jessica Mills is a touring musician, artist, activist, writer, teacher, and mother.

"Parenting without God is not just about the absence of religion--it's about the glorious space that opens up for secular parents and their lucky kids once the clutter and smoke of religion is gone. Dan Arel's voice is clear, smart, and a welcome addition to the growing chorus of parents taking the hands of their children and running at full speed into the real world." --Dale McGowan, author/editor of Parenting Beyond Belief and Raising Freethinkers "If Parenting without God has a central message, it is that knowing what you are not going to do isn't a plan. For children to succeed, parents must offer them a better, truer view of history, the universe, morality, and themselves. Arel's book from beginning to end and is, I believe, what truly differentiates the secular ideal from the rigid prescriptions of religious parenting." --M. Dolon Hickman, author of 13:24: A Story of Faith and Obsession.