Raising Freethinkers

Bedtime is an opportunity to share who you are, what you care about, and what you want your kids to know about the world.

The Santa myth is the greatest gift a rational worldview ever had.

The jury is in on corporal punishment.

We wanted the assistant principal's head on a platter. But some things mattered more.

I didn't want my daughter's scientific accomplishment to be erased. And it was being erased in the worst way possible, one that could have a lasting negative impact on how she sees science itself.

Even the best science standards can be undercut by one misguided educator.

When my nonreligious family moved south, I was wound a little tight. I got better.

The theory of evolution by natural selection wasn't love at first sight. Both Darwin's theory and his personal opinions took a long, difficult road to reach us.

Kids should learn about evolution the same way evolution happens -- in small steps over many years.

Before we talk about how to introduce kids to evolution, let's talk about why.

My girls heard myths every night at bedtime for weeks on end. Then suddenly, the Bronze Age broke loose.

The last episode in the curiosity series gets practical: What exactly can we do to raise curious kids?

As we prepare to see the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope, here's a love letter to knowledge for its own sake.

To raise a curious kid, you have to fight the culture a bit.

Could I find one core value at the center of my parenting? I was curious.

Fear is okay for a visit, but your kids shouldn't live there.

When parents invent monsters to scare their children safe, it comes at a cost.

Don't assume your kids know they have the freedom to think. You have to make the invitation clear.

On life and death, and wonder, and boxer shorts.

The one sentence from a four-year-old boy that launched Parenting Beyond Belief and Raising Freethinkers.