‘Mommy, What’s Catechism?’
This segment of “Mommy, What’s That?” — a series where you can find simple, straightforward and age-appropriate language to explain religious ideas to children in non-religious ways — comes courtesy of...
View Article‘Mommy, What’s Confession?’
Last week, I gave you some simple language with which to explain Catechism in a non-religious way. Today, because it’s sort of related, we’ll tackle one of the specific rites of passage taught at CCD:...
View Article‘Mommy, What’s a Soul?’
Not long ago, I began a series called “Mommy, What’s That?” — which give secular parents quick and easy ways to describe complicated (or potentially disturbing!) religious concepts to young children....
View Article‘Mommy, What’s Holy Water?’
For nonreligious kids, holy water is a pretty bizarre concept. Because it’s water. Poured in a basin. And declared to be magic. I’m not trying to be condescending here. It’s just that kids who have not...
View Article‘Mommy, What’s a Bible?’
Latest in a series for secular parents offering age-appropriate explanations for religious concepts. Several years ago, an atheist friend of mine agreed to send his eight-year-old son to Vacation...
View Article‘Mommy, Can I Draw Muhammad?’ Patheos Writers Weigh In
Occasionally this blog features a series called “Mommy, What’s That?” — aimed at giving secular parents some simple, straightforward and open-minded ways to describe religious concepts. We’ve covered...
View ArticleMommy, What’s a Sin?
Latest in a series for secular parents that offers age-appropriate explanations for complex (even frightening) religious concepts. “Sin” is not a word most of us like or use, even colloquially. We...
View Article‘Mommy, What’s Religion?’
I was telling my 9-year-old daughter, Maxine, about a series I was doing for this blog — “Mommy, What’s That? — which sets out to give super-simple, age-appropriate ways to explain not-so-simple...
View Article‘Mommy, What’s a Miracle?’
Latest in a series offering age-appropriate explanations for religious concepts. “I believe in magic,” Maxine said to me the other day. She’s 10 and had been reflecting on an episode of Mister Rogers’...
View Article“Why Do People Have Different Religions?” Asks 6-Year-Old Kansas Girl
Vermont Public Radio has recently launched a new podcast called But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids — in which children record questions about a range of subjects and then experts in those subjects...
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