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[quote=Anonymous]OP here, while I don't align with a formal faith, I don't mind if my children find peace in one.  If my little girl needs the "fairy tale", so be it.  Whatever tools she needs, I'm up for it.
If she asks me what *I* believe about any formal religion, my answer would be a non-hypocritical, "I don't know".  Which is the essence of agnosticism, yes?

[quote=Anonymous]1. You are an ex-Catholic, mostly agnostic.
2. Your daughter is having an identity crisis.

Therapy is your route and not religion.  Why would you confuse her with religious beliefs if you can't anchor yourself to a belief system?

Steer her toward the sciences.  Teach her what we DO know. Throwing her into a [b]man[/b][u]-made belief system - where there's the possibility of a hell for people who are "bad" or a stereotypical roles for women or rules that teach you to live your life in fear - won't end her crisis.

You'd simply be modeling hypocrisy for her.

[quote=Anonymous]So I know that title is absurd.  What little girl (age 7) has an existential crisis?  But, mine is asking questions about not understanding why she was born, why she is who she is, what is a soul, how the universe was made, where the first beings came from, etc. etc.  She's sad and cries about it.  Sometimes she tells me she can't explain, can't find the words to express what's bothering her.  (Yes we are looking at therapy as well).

I'm an ex Catholic, now mostly agnostic.  But when she was feeling lost, I told her about God, ("Some people believe..." God having a plan for her, God sending Jesus... and it seemed to give her some peace.

If religion is what she needs, that's fine with me.  I always have felt I'd let my kids find their own way to religion if they want it.  But if this child needs it sooner than later.... what church/faith do you think is best for little girls?  Not to offend  Catholics who share the religion of my birth; the messages I personally internalized, esp. about women,  from 13 years in Catholic school were mostly negative.  I would not want Hell, the Devil, damnation to be important, but a message of love and that she has a purpose here/reason for having been born.

Any ideas?  Thank you.  [/quote][/quote][/quote]

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