CAP: Carnival of Atheist Parenting

CAP:  Carnival of Atheist Parenting

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

A Blog Carnival of Atheist Parenting, Sixth Edition

Why a blog carnival for atheist parenting?

As a woman blogging on atheist parenting, I often get asked why I would feel the need to blog on atheist parenting, isn't it just...parenting?  There are many parents out there who are new to living a secular life, new to raising children without the traditional ways, sometimes hidden and living in seclusion due to their secular choices, afraid to be open and yet determined to raise their children as skeptics and as happy people. These atheist parents are looking for those few voices out there who can offer them understanding, community, advice, or just a general feeling of being normal. Many first-generation parents are seeking in earnest and I am proud to be available and open and willing to offer my support. Not my advice or my expertise or my definition or my label!  My support, my friendship, my small community. 

This blog carnival contains blog posts by parents who are raising their children in a secular home, without religion, dogma-free.

If you are here for the first time, I warmly WELCOME you!
Please connect to the RSS feed on the right side of the page 

so that you can be among the first to read the carnival 
and so that you don't forget us!

 When reading blog posts PLEASE leave a comment!
Bloggers love your feedback.
 

If you like what you read, please be so good as to
share on your blog, on Facebook,
in your atheist groups, and with friends!



Welcome Chris from Born Again Atheist blog to this carnival with his post entitled How Atheist Are You?  Chris is a single father of two.  His blog is all about doing his part to make skepticism and Rational thought prevail. He hates bullshit and lies.  This blog post is just one of many where Chris works his way through the journey toward atheism.  He works hard to make sure that he does his part as a father for his daughters, who live in custody of their religious mother, as he seeks to encourage critical thinking and wonder in their lives.  Welcome to this carnival, Chris.

Amanda on Raising Skeptics blog submits a timely blog post about Santa Claus called Why Do We Need Santa?  Amanda is the mother of a lovely five year old who is already showing signs of wisdom and skepticism!  Amanda, I hope that we hear from you and your family again in the future as you live your life in a beautiful secular family! 

My own blog post offering this week from my blog at Atheist Homeschool Momma is called My Calling. Nobody every said that parenting was going to be easy, and it isn't. But it is the most important thing in my life.
On my blog I have slowly been working on a series of posts that address the ridiculous claims aimed at atheists in general.  In my blog post Science is Your God I address one of the weirdest and most ironic of these claims.


We are still new SO and I appreciate it when you SHARE!
   

 The next carnival is due out: December 30th, 2013
Please send in your blog post submissions by December 29, 2013

Send the following information to Karen.loethen@gmail.com

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Carnival of Atheist Parenting, Seventh Edition

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This blog carnival contains blog posts by parents who are raising their children in a secular home, without religion, dogma-free.

If you are here for the first time, I warmly WELCOME you!
Please connect to the RSS feed on the right side of the page 

so that you can be among the first to read the carnival 
and so that you don't forget us!

 When reading blog posts PLEASE leave a comment!
Bloggers love your feedback.
 


If you like what you read, please be so good as to
share on your blog, on Facebook, 
in your atheist groups, and with friends!







  • Amanda at Raising Skeptics blog submitted a piece called Why do We Need Santa? to this carnival, but I missed posting it last time and then I was off of my feet with an injury. SO, although this is late, with my apologies to Amanda, here is that post. Amanda is a burgeoning atheist parenting blogger and I do hope to encourage her in her blogging endeavors! Check out her blog post Yet Another Abortion Debate! where Amanda shares her frustrations with social media and also shares her points of view on a controversial issue.
  •  Jen at Sumogirl.com pulls no punches this month as she writes her post on the disturbing issue of child abuse in the guise of religious tradition in this blog piece entitled Disobedience. You can read more by Jen at her website.
  • Mandy, writer of Secular Mom blog, submits this fun blog post called Truth in Science Fiction where she shares a series of books that her children have enjoyed and that have spurred some great conversations about God and the role science and technology have had in answering those once-answerable questions attributed to God. Mandy is a mother of five wonderful children living in the Bible Belt. I hope you check out her blog where she shares ideas for raising freethinkers. AND, it turns out that Mandy and I are near-neighbors back home!
  • Mandy also has a forum on her blog for secular parents to chat, check it out!
http://secularmom.com/forum/




The carnival was quite small this week. 
I thank the contributors this week.
I have been off of my feet after a small fall, a fall from which I have nearly completely healed, and have not, therefore, cast about online looking for blog posts for this edition of the carnival.

Hopefully we will have more for you to read next time.
Please let me know if you run across a great blog we might include here!


At the same time, although the carnival is quite small,
I plan on continuing publishing this carnival of Atheist Parents
as long as it makes sense.
I could use your help if you see this project as worthwhile.

 The next carnival is due out: February 15, 2014
Please send in your blog post submissions by February 13, 2014

Send the following information to Karen.loethen@gmail.com

Type CAP SUBMISSION or Carnival of Atheist Parenting in the email subject line.
TITLE OF BLOG:
URL OF BLOG:
TITLE OF POST:
URL OF POST:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION of writer or blog:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF POST: