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Squeee! First interview in the books. We started out talking about seeing The Wild Robot with the boys. And then we spoke with Betsy Deville about her book, Grief for Atheists: A Compassionate Guide with Evidence-Based Strategies to Navigate Your Loss. Grief may not sound like a fun topic, but discussing ways to handle grief for kids and parents with an incredibly thoughtful woman was a blast. Should atheists have their own grieving ritual? How do we make a safe space for children to grieve? Does Pops read any of our social media posts?
And if you’d like to respond to Betsy’s survey and be entered to win a prize, go here: https://forms.gle/7rHqGEsGov5ppcxi7
Now to links:
Betsy Deville - https://www.betsydeville.com
Betsy Deville on Etsy - www.etsy.com/shop/betsydeville
Betsy’s Survey - https://forms.gle/7rHqGEsGov5ppcxi7
Greif for Atheists - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CX22LZCZ?Creator Accountability Network
The Secular Therapy Project
Dad Tired’s episode, Shepherding a Grieving Child
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Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (8), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
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Do one topic I thought. Make it short and easy I thought. Annnndddd… cue the Divine Mocker (who definitely doesn’t exist, but when things go off the rails it makes me happy to think about someone getting joy from my situation). We started out talking about how our move has shown us just how adaptable the kids can be while at the same time being perfectly themselves. And then we discuss an episode of the Truth. Love. Parent. Podcast that talks about the “lies” of the developmental stages. I don’t think I’ve ever spent so long editing a segment. But there was a lot to discuss. And I had to phone a friend just to get a good read on why someone deeply religious would even care about the developmental stages one way or another.
Now to links:
Creator Accountability Network
Truth. Love. Parent. - The Truth and Lies of Developmental Stages
And I think these are the two The Thinking Atheist episodes that discuss if the human eye is actually well designed - I Was the Intelligent Designer: Part One and Part Two. (And if they aren’t - it’s Seth Andrews and it’s going to be great regardless.)
Here is Dan McClellan’s video on the study about how much people read the bible.
Here’s more on Erikson’s theory of development.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (8), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
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We have been in the thick of moving, and it has been… at time. We didn’t even think to mention the weird AirBnBs and hotels we had to stay at. (If you’re going to categorize something as a bedroom, it should have a door, right?) But we’ve been coping, and we discuss how much skepticism has played into handling these kinds of situations better. We also talk about working to be credentialed by the Creator Accountability Network.
Now to links:
Creator Accountability Network
This is the Dad Tired podcast’s episode Be Wary Of Good Times.
And I was really off, because the podcast that did the episode about critical thinking is Truth. Love. Parent. And we are going to be talking about them more because they have gotten confusing in a way that I think religion can sometimes cause. But I think the episode I was talking about was Do Your Kids Know What It Is To Think? Though it also could have been Anti-Intellectualism and Your Child.
And if you want to hear the sad meow that Clea does when she’s about to york up a hairball, go to 37:20.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (8), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
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We’re back - again with questionable audio issues. If my computer noises are too much for you, skip to the 31:00 mark because they basically resolve in the last topic. We begin by talking about how we choose movies for the boys and use Common Sense Media - probably not as it’s intended. Then we briefly return to the topic of posting the 10 Commandments in public schools. And we finish up discussing Oklahoma and Ohio who are both trying to get in on the “let’s-shoehorn-religion-into-the-public-schools” bandwagon. Guess what - it’s all gross.
Now to links:
Common Sense Media.
Some Kind of Wonderful is the John Hughes movie that you probably haven’t seen but should. Two words: Elias Koteas.
And if you haven’t dug into David Cronenberg’s back catalog - what are you doing with your life?
Code of Hammurabi.
Oklahoma’s plan to make all schools teach the bible might not be working out as planned actually.
And here’s the law that Ohio is trying to pass to allow children to leave school for religious education during the school day.
And to end on something happy: Camp Quest.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (8), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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We begin with a long discussion of the boys’ feelings about their martial arts classes and Pops’ changing perspective on them. Then we review our different feelings about clutter. And we finish up talking about Louisiana’s awful new law requiring that the ten commandments be posted in classrooms…twice. This one ran a bit long, but we may need to do a few short ones during the move, so hopefully it evens out.
Now to links:
Marie Kondo.
Queer Eye.
NPR article about Louisiana’s law requiring the ten commandments be in all classrooms.
BAHACON 2024.
Forrest Valkai.
Seth Andrews.
Kate Cohen.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (8), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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We start out talking once again about how this whole parenting thing can be rough - this time during a picnic at the kids’ new school. Then we review things we might want to discuss with Reader and Go about the Trump verdict. And we finish with book bans (they suck) and a whole lot of librarian love. A little behind-the-scenes: Pops had a bit of a panic attack halfway through recording the episode and you can thank me now for editing out about 20 minutes of me droning on wondering why he had stopped saying anything. Moving is hard y’all.
Now to links:
Opening Arguments.
A More Perfect Union.
Maus.
Tommy.
An article by Dan Kois about kids reading.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (8), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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We begin the episode with a big update on Pops’ neurodivergence, get derailed on an X-Men tangent, and finish up with a discussion of Trigger Warnings. What is the best way to think about them? (As a heads-up, the section on Trigger Warnings includes some discussion of things that might need a trigger warning, so skip it if you’re not in the place to listen.)
And finally, I had to dub a few lines and I am clearly both not good at it or mixing that kind of audio, so sorry in advance if it's jarring.
Now to links:
Caitlin Moran.
Search Engine - What do trigger warnings actually do?
Dr. Jessica Zucker - I Had a Miscarriage.
A New Republic article on Twin Peaks and the trope of the dead girl.
For All Mankind.
An Express article about fan anger at all the deaths at the end of Vikings.The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (8!), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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We start the episode with a discussion of just how hard parenting has been. Then we delve into the topic of whether or not parents should feel proud when their kid doesn’t know who Jesus is, and finish up talking about interfaith couples. Could we handle it?
Now to links:
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart. Relax, It’s Just God: How and Why to Talk to Your Kids About Religion When You’re Not Religious by Wendy Thomas Russell. Parenting Beyond Belief by Dale McGowan. Jamilah Lemieux and Care and Feeding. Red Lip Theology by Candice Marie Benbow. 24HRS WITH Bethany Beal (GirlDefined) by Paul and Morgan.The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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We open the episode talking about going to the American Atheists Convention. It was great. We…are not. Then we dive into important things we learned at the conference and finish up discussing the concept of “You’re doing a good job” from the One Bad Mother podcast.
While the conference was a blast, this episode is about some serious stuff, so just take note depending on how you’re doing and who you’re listening with (i.e. kids).
***If you want to skip the discussion of abuse, go to 23:30 and there’s another minute at the end between 56:30 and 57:30 that you might want to hop over too.
Now so so many links:
Kavin Senapathy was the parenting speaker and her upcoming book is The Progressive Parent: Harnessing the Power of Science and Social Justice to Raise Awesome Kids.
Paul Golin was the other speaker and is executive director of the Society for Humanistic Judaism.
We can’t link to Recovering From Religion enough. Their parenting resources are here.
Definitely check out the American Humanist Association.
Dan Beecher does both the Thank God I’m Atheist and Data Over Dogma podcasts.
Eli Bosnick does all the podcasts including The Scathing Atheist, God Awful Movies, and Dear Old Dads which is one of two podcasts that I listen to immediately on release no matter how many other podcasts I have in my backlog.
This is the Misfit Amish podcast by Mary Byler.
And this is the Plain People’s Podcast by Jasper Hoffman.
This is the episode of The Line’s Sunday Show that we reference. The caller we discuss is Dinah.
Definitely give One Bad Mother a listen.
Read Stefanie Wilder-Taylor's Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol.And finally, since Recovering From Religion is just so cool, I’ll link to them again for their secular recovery resources.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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Hi hi hi! I hope we have a few new folks joining us from the American Atheists National Convention, and in classic, I-don’t-know-how-calendars-work fashion, we are dropping an episode pretty uncharacteristic of our show. So if you choose to start here, we usually don’t go over an hour and throw in two extra mini topics just for funsies. But here we are. We start discussing Readers issues with…reading. Or really, it’s more about Moms’ issues with Reader’s reading. Then we follow up on our last episode about sex ed with a few extra thoughts. And we finish up talking about moments that we feel people have ignored or misrepresented atheists.
Now Links:
This is the series, Reader liked. Trapped in a Video Game.
The series that the librarian found for Go is Space Runners.
This is the season of The Heart Podcast about consent that was so amazing. As parents, her recent season called Dad is also pretty fascinating.
If you want more discussions of purity culture from someone who knows a lot more about it than us, check out Eve was Framed’s new show Chewed Gum.
This is the video with religious vs atheist views of marriage.
Here’s an article on another absurd comment Oprah made about atheists.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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We’re headed to the American Atheists National Convention. Definitely look for us if you’re there. Then we talk about things we want to make sure the boys know about porn. And we finish up discussing sex ed. (And just like we mention on this episode, the best advice we’ve ever heard is that the sex talk isn’t one talk. So we’re going to be following up in the next episode with a few more thoughts, and we’ll hopefully return to the topic again, because there’s just so much to discuss.)
Now Links:
My amazing career coach at Your Career Homecoming.
Savage Love. Again.
Lost Girls - sexy comics from the master, Alan Moore.
Cory Silverberg. We didn’t talk about sex ed references, but you can’t go wrong starting with Cory Silverberg who has a book for every age group out there.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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We begin by discussing a few interesting moments in parenting, including Go’s take on Jesus and the problem of evil. Then, in honor of Valentine’s Day, we delve into our relationship - what has made it work, how we still don’t have it figured out, and just how exhausting polyamory sounds. We finish by talking about the concept of a “soft life” - which seems to be everywhere in religious and secular discourse alike.
Now Links:
Under the Influence with Jo Piazza. Jo is becoming my new parasocial crush.
The episode of On Mission about whether a soft life fits with Christian theology.
MommaStrong. Courtney and Jya are my original parasocial crushes.
Savage Love. My mom took me to hear Dan Savage speak when I was in high school? Middle school? Regardless, she really did a lot of parenting things right.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
Follow us on Instagram @thefamilyskeptical for more weird stories that Moms can’t figure out how to fit into episodes.
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We open the episode discussing our many, many, many, many, many Christmases. And then we get into parenting advice and how we try to think about it skeptically. Instead of introducing a true second topic, we instead introduced a subplot of Pop’s incredible work coming to grips with his neurodivergence and the criminal lack of psychological services in most places.
Links:
Under the Influence with Jo Piazza’s mini episode on parenting advice.
Jo Piazza’s parenting advice.
Oh Crap Potty Training. Come for the pants-less potty training, but maybe skip the heavy dose of shame and doomsaying.
All Creatures Great and Small.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10!) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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This isn’t a real episode - just a compilation of random things. A short check-in. The only part of the segment that the Goblin’s ate that was worth fighting for and grabbing back from their grimy fingers. A little chat with Reader and Go - including Go’s big Santa revelation. And random musings on our unprofessionality. We are so excited for 2024 and have some really fun topics coming up.
The day I was able to get this posted is our Fifthmas (gifts from my best friend, Christmas with my mom, then my dad, then my dad’s family, and now Pops’ folks), so I wasn’t able to re-listen to everything before posting, but I think the only shout out is to the Bored AF podcast.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10!) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
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We had so much fun talking about trad wives and church last week, that we’re doing it again! We begin by discussing Reader’s tonsillectomy. Then Moms has some expanded thoughts on trad wives and where they could be damaging for their followers. But she's still really likes one of the moms she's following. And then we discuss what to do when teens are interested in going to church.
Now the links:
Here is Sarah at Wild Motherhood
And here is Alex at growinggoodings
And finally Morgan Olliges
And this is the episode of Dear Old Dads that we discuss. Seriously - just go follow and support this show. It's the best.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (10!) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
Follow us on Instagram @thefamilyskeptical for more weird stories that Moms can’t figure out how to fit into episodes.
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This was a really fun recording, and we may have gotten a little loopy at the end of it. We begin discussing our epic week and the complexity of happiness. Then Moms dives into her thoughts on trad wives. And we finish up discussing whether or not we think secular parents should bring their kids to church when their kids express interest.
Now the links:
Here is the episode of Under the Influence with Jo Piazza that talks about trad wives.
This is Daniel Sloss’s instagram account.
And I am very consciously not linking to any of the women lumped in as trad wives that we discussed. It’s not an issue of not wanting to give them more attention. But, since I’ve only been following them a short time, and am clearly working through my thoughts, it doesn’t feel right to specifically call out or praise any single person when I don’t feel like I have a grasp on any of them yet. (This will likely change in the next episode.)
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
Follow us on Instagram @thefamilyskeptical for more weird stories that Moms can’t figure out how to fit into episodes.
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Ooooooohhhhh. It’s almost Halloween. And apparently the spooky season is also where spooky things happen to this podcast. (See the description for our last Halloween episode: MMMmmmm. Logic.) We actually don’t discuss anything about the holiday because we still don’t know how to calendar episodes apparently. But we do give an update on our How To Get Over a Fear of Hell episode, since I was able to talk to my mom and get some details on why she sent me to Christian camp. And then we discuss how we decide on when to walk away from celebrities that have caused harm or down other problematic things. (And when we don’t.) And also how it gets even more complex as an atheist. Basically it’s our bad version of Fanti - and we recorded this before Fanti announced that they’re ending the podcast so it’s an inadvertent farewell to that great great show.
And then, if you just listen to the episode, it sounds like we were reasonable, knew we had gone way too long, and stopped recording. That did not happen. We recorded a whole other segment that… just didn’t quite work. And Goblins took pity on me and ate it. I might see if I can get them to barf up the one amusing part of it for an extra at some point.
Now the links (I am almost 100% certain I’m forgetting some this week):
Good One: A Podcast About Jokes
And this is the original article that came out about Hasan Minhaj by Clare Malone. In all honesty, I haven't read it yet.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
Follow us on Instagram @thefamilyskeptical for more weird stories that Moms can’t figure out how to fit into episodes.
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Spoiler alert - we don’t know! We start discussing the death of our beloved cat and the weird things that come up at these time as atheists. Then we talk about our own experiences with a fear of hell and what helped us start to escape from that fear. We know everyone is different and none of what worked for us may work for you, but at the very least, we hope you know that if you are dealing with a fear of hell, that shit is hard, and you’re not alone.
And the links:
Forest Valkai to brighten your day.
And then we mention that we listen to a lot of atheist call-in shows. Here’s the full list brought to you by The Atheist Community of Austin and The Line.
The Atheist Experience
Talk Heathen
The Hang Up
The Sunday Show
Skeptalk
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
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Pops opens the show by surprising Moms with a discussion of our dear dying cat, and then Moms tells two stories from BAHACON, one about Atheist community. And we finish the show discussing how violence against women plays into the conversation about masculinity, ending on a story of who Reader and Go say they want to marry.
And so so many links:
This is the group that runs BAHACON.
Gretta Vosper is the BAHACON speaker that Moms referenced.
The episode of Thank God I’m an Atheist that references Burning man is Episode 612 A Burning Sensation.
The episode of Scathing Atheist that talks about how we shouldn’t form new Atheist groups is Episode 550 Dragon My Heart Around Edition.
Mommastrong is the workout program that Moms does that features the “The Revolution Will Have Childcare” t-shirt.
Seth Andrews is posted the whole speech he gave at BAHACON to his podcast.
This is the article we discussed by Christine Emba, Men Are Lost.
And finally (phew), the book Parenting: Getting It Right by Andy and Sandra Stanley.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
Follow us on Instagram @thefamilyskeptical for more weird stories that Moms can’t figure out how to fit into episodes.
The Family Skeptical Cover Photo is by Jesse Valvasori Photography
Our theme music is by Jonathan Zalben and First Frame Music
Thanks for listening! If you want to support us, subscribe and tell a friend to check us out.
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We start out by discussing an octopus mishap, and then Moms has some advice for religions who want to gain members. (We’re looking at you Mormons.) We finish up by trying to create a modern definition of masculinity, and it definitely includes nail polish.
And now for the links:
Seth Andrews is wonderful both on his podcast, The Thinking Atheist, and Instagram.
Somehow, last week we totally failed to link to the article we discussed by Christine Emba, Men Are Lost. Here it is.
And What a Richard! #609 is I believe the episode of Thank God I’m An Atheist that we mention.
The Family Skeptical: We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.
Our kids are Reader (9) and Go (7), and if you want to find out how we arrived at these peculiar pseudonyms, go back to Episode 1.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us everything we got wrong.
See a list of our episodes here.
Follow us on Instagram @thefamilyskeptical for more weird stories that Moms can’t figure out how to fit into episodes.
The Family Skeptical Cover Photo is by Jesse Valvasori Photography
Our theme music is by Jonathan Zalben and First Frame Music
Thanks for listening! If you want to support us, subscribe and tell a friend to check us out.
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