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Atheist parents, a question please?
I was raised in a religious Baptist home, and am now atheist with a child of my own.
I’m still very close to my family in spite of our theological differences and want my child to feel close to her grandparents. However, there’s a problem.
My parents are starting to teach my 7 year old daughter some interesting theology.
Although I have no problem with her learning anything about religion, I prefer it to leave things open for her to decide. She asks questions and I try to give unbiased and complete answers to the best of my ability.
But I caught my mother using some stupid tactics to sway my child to profess she is a Baptist (although she’s never set foot in a church), such as telling my daughter that Jews, 7th day Adventists, and Jehovah’s Witnesses do not ever celebrate Christmas, get no presents, and thus don’t like children. They are also "wrong" and are going to live in Hell with the Devil. They aren’t teaching her anything about actual Christianity, they are really just maligning other people.
I will not condone this ignorance being taught to my daughter, but I do love my parents. But right now, I can honestly say I don’t trust them not to try and brainwash my child.
How would you handle this situation?
Darling, there’s no way to do this without confronting your parents.
You have to draw boundaries for your parents, and then you have to stick to them. Tell them (when you’re calm – not when you’re angry) that you love them, and that they are more than welcome in your daughter’s life, but that their religion is not, and if they continue to try to impose their religious beliefs on your child, their interaction with their granddaughter will be curtailed. Follow through on that, too.
This is as much a boundary issue as it is a religious issue. Your parents have to understand that you are the one who makes decisions about what your daughter is taught.
Good luck.
Jaydens
