Parenting Without Religion?

[Charlie]

For my wife and I, kids have always been on the 5-year plan mainly because of graduate schooling we're both doing. But the notion of secular parenting amid a religious society has been a subject of interest for both of us. A few days ago I stumbled upon this website http://www.parentingbeyondbelief.com/

Apparently, the author Dale McGowan has written two books this very topic. Has anyone read McGowan? Or know of other websites or books that touch on this subject?

[tmiller51]

Funny enough, I'm in the middle of reading Parenting Beyond Belief. It's been interesting so far. It's really a collection of short chapters written by various authors with Dale sort of binding them together. I find it more thought provoking than some kind of "how to" manual. I don't know of any websites, but Dan Barker has written a couple of children's books about skepticism and critical thinking. I'm kind of surprised there aren't more secular parenting books.

Tim

[tmiller51]

I found out about this website (blog, actually) while listening to a recent Center for Inquiry podcast:

Half Full: Science for Raising Happy Kids

From the About page:
This blog is about science-based parenting advice. I’m a sociologist and the executive director of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and since I’m reading all the research related to raising happy children anyway, I thought we might as well make it USEABLE to parents. We hope this is a valuable counterpoint to some of the more opinion-based parenting advice platforms that are out there, especially because sorting out fact from fiction can be confusing when it comes to parenting.

It's not specifically a freethought parenting page, but does provide information and advice from a scientific basis.

Tim