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5yo asked for the whole family to pray before touching dinner. In a house that has never prayed nor spoken about religion. 

I let it roll as if it’s completely normal. 

6yrs ago I would have said, “baby there is no such thing as a god and religion is for the foolish”, now, “believe it whatever makes you stay hopeful and optimistic of the future but the moment you stop questioning it, you’ve lost”

This is beautiful 

Faith is a great thing, no matter the form

I understand your feelings very well. My values changed after I had a baby too.

“Imagine if you carried on believing in Santa and the tooth fairy into adulthood. And even killed & started wars over it. Haha. Imagine that.” — Ricky Gervais

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She picked it up at school. There is some lite-religious stuff going on. My favorite was when we asked her where she'd learn it, she said class, and then proceeds to say, "I'm showing you because you never knew you could do this".

Interesting. Any idea where he picked up the idea or would’ve been prompted to ask for something like that? always fascinating where kids pick things up.

I match that feeling. I don’t think I could believe there’s a god even if I wanted but  as such I don’t have any compelling reason to pass on to my children. 

As long as they remain some healthy critical thinking skills then I’m happy for them to have spirituality if it helps them cope with the world.