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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don’t sound like an atheist, you sound like someone that needs to heal their relationship with their perception of religion. [/quote]

This.

I don’t feel comforted by the idea of a higher power and I’ve never felt the need to introduce that idea to my kids.

Regarding death, I’ve taught them that everything that lives, dies. It’s a fact. Plants die - even trees that may live for centuries eventually die. Bugs die, pets die, people die. Sometimes we are very very sad when something or someone dies. It’s okay to be sad.

Regarding what happens when people/animals die, I’ve said that no one really knows but of people have different ideas about it. I haven’t done a good job of explaining “nothing” but I have explained that I don’t think people go to other physical or non physical places. I don’t believe in ghosts, and angels are nice to pretend about. So are fairies and mermaids and dragons.

We talk a lot about gratitude, kindness, and generosity, and we try to model those things.

I find a lot of solace in nature and we try to share that with the kids, as well as learning things we can do to feel comforted - a warm bath, a good book in a cozy blanket, tea with honey, feeling the warmth of the sun on our bodies on a cold day, moving our bodies, listening to music, making art.

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