J.E. Skeets

It's you against the world, fundamentally.

It's your family.

And this is something else I say, and I think I even should have said it more in the manifesto, is that you can have disagreements internally, but when you face the world, you face it as a team.

And that goes for siblings too, right?

Siblings are not to run each other down.

And they can fight privately.

They're not to bully each other privately, but they can fight.

But when it's time to face the world, you face it as a team.

So, yes, my advice is if you do believe, you should definitely, you know, tell your children that, get them involved in whatever your religious tradition is.

You know, obviously, in the United States, there's been a lot of talk about sort of loss of community.

You know, churches and synagogues and mosques are all really good places to find community.

If you don't believe,

Do not start telling your kids, especially your young children, I would say your preteen children, that you're an atheist, okay?

Do not reveal your views on God.

And in general, I don't think you should lie to your kids.

I don't think this is lying.

I think this is just not...

not undercutting their feelings about, you know, little kids, they wanna know about the world, where they came from, all the questions that, you know, bedevil us, you know, for our whole lives that we don't have, you know, answers to, we have faith about.

Do not undercut their faith.

Let them believe in God.