{"product_id":"relax-its-just-god-how-and-why-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-religion-when-youre-not-religious-9781941932001","title":"Relax, It's Just God: How and Why to Talk to Your Kids About Religion When You're Not Religious","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFeatured on the PBS NewsHour! \u003cem\u003eA step-by-step guide to raising confident, open-minded, tolerant kids \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRelax, It's Just God\u003c\/em\u003e delivers a refreshingly compassionate and light-hearted approach to addressing issues of faith in secular families. For anyone looking to raise critically thinking, religiously literate, and highly tolerant kids capable of making up their own minds about what to believe, \u003cem\u003eRelax, It's Just God \u003c\/em\u003emay well be considered the secular equivalent of a godsend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rapidly growing demographic cohort in America, secular parents are at the forefront of a major and unprecedented cultural shift. Unable to fall back on what they were taught as children, many of these parents are struggling, or simply failing, to address issues of God, religion and faith with their children in ways that promote honesty, curiosity, kindness and independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Wendy Thomas Russell sifts through hard data, including the results of a survey of 1,000 nonreligious parents, and delivers gentle but straightforward advice to both non-believers and open-minded believers. With a thoughtful voice infused with humor, Russell seamlessly merges scientific thought, scholarly research and everyday experience with respect for a full range of ways to view the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRelax, It's Just God\u003c\/em\u003e goes beyond the numbers to assist parents (and grandparents) who may be struggling to find the right time, place, tone and language with which to talk about God, spirituality and organized religion. It encourages parents to promote religious literacy and understanding and to support kids as they explore religion on their own -- ensuring that each child makes up his or her own mind about what to believe (or not believe) and extends love and respect to those who may not agree with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubjects covered include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Talking openly about our beliefs without indoctrinating kids\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Making religious literacy fun and engaging\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Talking about death without the comforts of heaven\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Navigating religious differences with extended family members\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- What to do when kids get threatened with hell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRussell, Wendy T.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - After an award-winning career in journalism that spanned more than a decade and brought her out to California from her native Missouri, Wendy Thomas Russell left newspapers and fell, as fate would have it, into the surprisingly fascinating world of secular parenting. Her groundbreaking blog, Relax, It's Just God, offered a thoughtful and often hilarious look inside her own life as she navigated the thornier sides of religion with her young daughter. Her no-nonsense yet compassionate approach to religion detailed in her book has been hailed as a breath of fresh air for progressive parents looking to raise well-informed, open-minded children who feel empowered to make up their own minds about what to believe. Russell is co-founder of Brown Paper Press, an independent book publishing company, and contributes an online parenting column to the PBS NewsHour.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRussell, Wendy Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Wendy Thomas Russell is a journalist, author and editor. A former newspaper reporter, Russell writes an online parenting column for the PBS NewsHour and is the co-founder of Brown Paper Press, an independent book publishing company. Relax, It's Just God is her first book.","brand":"Brown Paper Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620494446866,"sku":"9781941932001","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_be2f2031-4ab6-4a34-80fd-f2f71d00e4e7.jpg?v=1732567678","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/relax-its-just-god-how-and-why-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-religion-when-youre-not-religious-9781941932001","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}