Announcement: Secular Parenting Seminar in Cambridge

[juldea]

THE BRIGHTS' NET: Illuminating and Elevating the Naturalistic Worldview

Regional Announcement - Event is Secular Parenting Seminar, December 6, 2008

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Brights Central sends this message to make you aware of an upcoming event that may be of interest to Brights who are rearing children. Although the seminar is directed primarily to parents, the information may also be of interest to other adults who are associated with youngsters in such families (relatives, teachers, neighbors, or friends).

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Secular Parenting Seminar in Boston/Cambridge

Presented by Dale McGowan

Editor/co-author, Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion

* How does moral development really work?
* My mother-in-law wants our kids baptized. How can I respond without causing a rift?
* How can I ease my son's fears about death without pretending there's an afterlife?
* How can kids learn about religion without being indoctrinated into religion?

The Parenting Beyond Belief seminar, a unique, interactive half-day workshop with author and educator Dale McGowan, offers encouragement and practical solutions for secular parenting in a religious world. Based on the freethinking philosophy of the book Newsweek called "a compelling read," the Parenting Beyond Belief seminar is empowering secular parents across the country to raise ethical, caring, confident kids without religion.

Participants will learn effective ways to:

* Encourage religious literacy without indoctrination;
* Help kids interact productively with a religious world;
* Help kids develop active moral reasoning;
* Weigh church-state issues in the public sphere;
* Address sensitive issues constructively with religious relatives using the principles of nonviolent communication;
* Help children develop a healthy understanding of death and a joyful love of life;
* Build a family atmosphere of fearless questioning and boundless wonder;
* …and much more.

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Location: Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138

Date/Time: Saturday. Dec. 6, 1:00-5:00 pm.

Cost of registration: Registration is $40 per person or $60 per couple

Registration and additional information at:

http://parentingbeyondbelief.com/seminars/sem_boston.htm


juldea's note: This is the first I've heard of this guy and I have not reviewed and vetted his statements/beliefs such to give a thorough approval of him or his seminar. That said, if I'm curious, others might be, too, so I'm sharing the news.

Comments

[etherial.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it might be interesting.

[etherial.livejournal.com]

$40? Damn, that seminar better come with a $20 savings bond.

[anitra.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Obviously, not quite right for us, but interesting none the less.