Religious Parenting by Christian Smith

Author:Christian Smith [Smith, Christian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion, General, Social Science, Anthropology, Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions, Sociology, Marriage & Family, Sociology of Religion
ISBN: 9780691228075
Google: e-csEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2021-11-02T04:35:33+00:00

Similarly, this Hispanic Catholic mother from New York City explained: “It would be nice if they continued being Catholic, because it would be part of the good communication we have. When another belief exists, I’m no longer living it firsthand. If my father was Catholic like me, we could communicate better on certain topics. But since he’s another belief, there’s no way. So I think that it would be important they continue being Catholic. I hope to God they do continue, it’s something that’s fundamental.”

Protestants said the same. “It is very important for them to have their religious background,” a black Protestant father from Houston said, “because that’s part of our roots. Some things you can grow up and change, but religion, I don’t think it should be changed because it is a very important part of our life.” One conservative Protestant father from New York City said, “A family that has the same faith base can work through their struggles. There’s always going to be struggles, but if they keep God as the center of their life, everything else will emit from that. My first marriage wasn’t that, it was very much the opposite, and the trouble that I went through, it was destabilized, you need to share faith as a very basic life principle or the foundation is not there.” And this mainline Protestant mother from Indiana confessed, “If one of my kids didn’t believe in God [pause], it would be an absolute rejection of the way the world turns, an absolute rejection of life for us. I want to know that at the end of this journey, we’re still all going to be together.” Similarly, one Buddhist father from Chicago said, “Our kids know we are Buddhist. And one of the values of religion, and I’m not talking about what religion is good or bad, just saying I can see the family has a value, kind of the bond.” And a Hindu mother from Chicago said, “To see a kid growing is a religion in itself, you don’t need any books or anything if you are dedicated to the kids, the way they think, completely spending the time with them. It takes courage because it’s a very risky business because you invest your time and don’t know what happens with them. Anything can happen.”

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