This is a page of links for the resources provided in the book Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief by Dale McGowan, Amanda Metskas, Molleen Matsumura, and Jan Devor. Raising Freethinkers is a companion book to Parenting Beyond Belief, a collection of freethought parenting essays compiled by Dale McGowan. Part 2 is here and Part 3 is here.
Chapter 1: The Inquiring Mind
Social/Cultural
Lateral Thinking and Brain Teasers
- Playing Smart: the Family Guide to Enriching, Offbeat Learning Activities by Susan Perry
- Impossible Quiz
- Fun Brain
- Smart-Kit Brain Gym – Mass Attack
- Discovery Education’s Brain Boosters
The Final Frontier
- NASA, NASA Education, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- NASA’s Imagine the UniverseSize of Planets
- Size of Planets
- Hubble’s Deep Field photo
Evolution and Genetics
- Charlie’s Playhouse
- Judgment Day – Intelligent Design on Trial
- National Geographic Genographic Project
Miscellaneous Science
Philosophy/ General
Chapter 2: Living and Teaching Ethics in Your Family
Understanding Ethical Development
- Ethical People and How They Get to Be That Way by Arthur Dobrin
- How To Talk So Kids Will Listen by Elaline Mazlish and Adele Faber
- Greater Good “Half Full” Blog
- Humanist Parenting
- Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn
- “Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice”
Introduction to Parenting Styles
- Fostering goodness: Teaching Parents to Facilitate Children’s Moral Development by M.W. Berkowitz and J.H. Grych
- Helping Your Children to Develop Character by Sandra Crosser
Exploring Humanist Ethics
- American Ethical Union “Eight Commitments of Ethical Culture”
- International Humanist and Ethical Union “Statement of Fundamental Pinciples”
- Wisdom Quotes
Books for the Kids
- Association for Library Service to Children “Recommended Book Lists”
- Maybe Right, Maybe Wrong by Dan Barker
- Love Your Neighbor: Stories of Values and Virtues by Arthur Dobrin
- All Families are Different by Sol Gordon
- It’s Up To You… What do you Do? by Sandra McLeod
Helping Parents Find Books on Ethics for Kids
- 10 Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for Sexism and Racism
- Queer and Questioning Teens by Darla Linville
- Children’s Books that Break Gender Role Stereotypes
Ethical Education Curricula
Forgiveness
Nondiscriminatory Extracurricular Programs for Kids
Programs for Ethical Education and Action
- Facing History and Ourselves
- Tolerance.org
- Playing Smart: The Family Guide to Enriching, Offbeat Learning Activities by Susan Perry
Chapter 3: Secular Family, Religious World
Religious Literacy
- What is God by Ethan Boritzer
- Humanism, What’s That? A Book for Curious Kids by Helen Bennett
- Meet Jesus: the Life and Lessons of a Beloved Teacher by Lynn Gunney
- Does God Have a Big Toe by Marc Gellman
- The Children’s Illustrated Bible by Selina Hastings
- What I Believe: Kids Talk About Faith by Debbie and Tom Birdseye
- One World Many Religions: The Way We Worship by Mary Pope Osborne
- Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know – and Doesn’t by Stephen Prothero
- Parenting Beyond Belief by Dale McGowan
Separation of Church and State
- Freedom From Religion Foundation
- Americans United for the Separation of Church and State
- ACLU: Religion and Schools
Extra:
Ticktock
philosodad
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December 30, 2009 at 1:06 am |
[...] Raising Freethinkers Resources Guide Part 2 This is the second of three pages of links for the resources available in Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide to Parenting Beyond Belief by Dale McGowan, Amanda Metskas, Molleen Matsumura, and Jan Devor. You can see the first page here. [...]
January 2, 2010 at 5:51 pm |
[...] Links to resources in Raising Freethinkers, Ch. 1-3 Links to resources in Raising Freethinkers, Ch. 4-6 Links to resources in Raising Freethinkers, Ch. 7-9 [...]