Atheist to Offer Parenting Seminars

Dale McGowan, author/editor of, Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion, is introducing a seminar tour and five seminars online for parents and others interested in topics about raising children without religion.   

The tour schedule is as follows:  

MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Saturday March 1, 2008 / 1:00-4:30pm
First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis
900 Mount Curve Avenue, Minneapolis MN 55403
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RALEIGH, NC
Saturday March 15, 2008 / 9:00am-12:30pm
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh
3313 Wade Avenue, Raleigh NC 27607
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ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Saturday March 22, 2008 / 2:00-5:30pm
University of New Mexico School of Law, Room 2406
UNM North Campus
1117 Stanford Drive NE, Albuquerque NM 87131
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ATLANTA, GA
Sunday March 30, 2008 / 1:00-4:30pm
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta
1911 Cliff Valley Way NE, Atlanta GA 30329
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Web seminars include:  

• Secular Family, Religious World, which helps kids deal with the religions that are all around them and becoem religously literate without indoctrination. 
• The Religious Extended Family tries to turn the diversity of living with a religious extended family into a benefit rather then raising problems.
• The Art of the Question seeks to take advantage of the moment of the question and turn it into a great oppourtunity for wonder and fearless inquiry. 
• Raising Naturaly Ethical Kids tackles a big problem parents may face by differentiating commandments and principles and getting kids involved in their own moral development.
• Death and Life offers ways to discuss the difficult reality of life and death.  Death, when dealt with rationally, can be turned from an event to fear into a celebration of the life we live today. 

The Seminars are $18 each, and are attended online.  Each class is held twice in a week, once class featured week on Sunday and Tuesday at noon and 9 PM, respectively.  For more information, and how to register, visit Parenting Beyong Belief.