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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As an atheist, one of my strongest convictions to my children is NOT lying to them about magic sky daddy or having them believe fake things to comfort them. Obviously ymmv, but that was one thing I hated about religion and one thing I was determined not to do to my kids. So I don't really get the point.[/quote]

I mean, that’s what I think for kids once they’re older. But for me, I think (and maybe that’s a me problem) my kids would feel better thinking there’s something else out there…just while they’re really young. Since Christmas just passed, I keep thinking of this like Santa…[/quote]

My kid is a 3rd generation atheist. As their parent, I will report: I think this is indeed a you problem, maybe caused by you having been raised in a religious tradition that emphasizes the existence of this kind of “out there” presence.

Our kid is rightly reassured by the knowledge of who and what reliable helpers are (including systems that protect us—the remarkable engineering in our car, for example, a wholly human creation—and people who are outside our home and who we may not even know—a firefighter, a doctor in the ER).

“Something else out there” would deeply unnerve my kid (who is a couple of years older than yours) because it would be evidence that we are selling a promise of help or support that is not founded in tangible reality.

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