Pagan Moms?

[veganmama93]

Just wondering if there were any other pagan moms out there and wondering how you plan on teaching them about spirituality and other religions. :)

[Shaynaruth]

I was raised Jewish, and practiced Naturalism and Pagainism briefly in my spiritual quest, and my husband was raised Christian.  Neither of us are practicing, but both of us are spiritual.  Our kids will grow up learning about our religions, as well as other world religions.  It will be their choice whether they choose baptism, bar/bat mitzvah, or any other rite of passage into their own sense of spirituality.  Most religions preach the same moral and ethical values, so as long as we instill those values, the spiritual part will come in due time.

[AnnieBrooke]

The people I know who feel most strongly about this are those who had a lot of active religious instruction and/ or attempts at inculcating a belief system when they were a child, who now feel like that was sort of a forced indoctrination.  In other words, they are reacting to how they were handled as kids about this issue, and are trying to do the opposite.  But if you don't say much about religion one way or another (rather than trying to debunk the way it was done to you), you will probably be surprised at how long it takes your child to even think of asking you anything about it.  I don't think my son asked me one question about anything even remotely resembling religion until he was 6.   My husband has a Presbyterian background and I have a Unitarian one, but we don't go to church, and the subject simply never came up.  My son certainly didn't miss it or crave explanations.  If you intend for your child to be 'not blinded like we were as children,' it might be simpler to just leave the topic out of your lives altogether (unless, of course, they are subject to close relatives trying to do the same thing to them as was done to you as a kid.  Then you might have to say something.)

[owl_knows]

Pagan! My husband and i are both heathens and proud to be. We will be teaching them what we believe it's the truth about all of it. And will support them no natter what they choose. We just want them to be aware of everything and not blinded like we were as children. I cant wait for them to feel what i feel and see with unmasked eyes. The more i learn the happier i am that i have found this path. And i know in my heart this is the right way for us.
Blessed be.

[Mommy_Daddy_2]

My husband and I are both atheist but we plan on allowing our children to form their own religious beliefs. If they want to go to church or whatever else we have no issue allowing them to.

[veganmama93]

No, I just like to think about it lol. But I guess what I mean is, I was born into a very christian family that told me any other path meant I was worshipping the devil lol. From a lot of pagans I have met, they accept people from all religions and are non judgmental because every pagan believes in different things and/or gods or goddesses. I know I want to teach my children that they are free to believe what they want and not to judge anyone else if they believe somethinf differently.  I just like to hear how other people do it lol

[AnnieBrooke]

I'm not a pagan mom but I would think that there aren't a lot of differences when teaching a child about any religion -- very little talk, a lot of modeling.  Kids pretty much imbibe their religious or spiritual beliefs by observing their parents.  Also, it will be years before the child even asks you one question about religion, so don't worry that you have to have a plan when you are pregnant.  )