Product Description

Discusses learning right from wrong, stressing such aspects as the difference between rules and principles and the importance of an individual's rights.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #277231 in Books
• Published on: 1992-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 76 pages

Review
"...sit down with your children and talk[about] sound ideas couched in real life situations children are likely to face." -- AtheistParents.org

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for freethought households
Amongst all the WWJD, religion equals morality, preaching stands Dan Barker, willing to say, "Yes, there is such a thing as morality and, no, there's no need to buy into superstition to understand it." Barker never talks down to kids nor does he try to pass off the old shell game of pretending that morality is simply a matter of following someone else's rules.

I highly recommend this book for children of freethinkers and anyone else who prefers rationality to dogma.

Teaches Moral Principles rather than laws
Teaches young people how to be Good, not through obeying laws and rules without thought, but by remembering certain principles ("do not hurt others", "value life) and fitting them, through thought, to situations. A wonderful answer to the idea that people can't be moral without god and government.

Good for undoing religious brainwashing
I bought this book for my son, who was raised by my dad down south, in the bible belt. To say my son was brainwashed would be putting it mildly. I'm not sure how much the book did, but he's becoming more normal every day, and is now starting to be able to make his own decisions based on his own feelings of guilt and his own moral code, rather than having to ask himself "what would jesus do". I read the book myself, and though very basic and maybe a 2nd-3rd grade reading level, I thought it made some excellent points, and it made me think... no small matter for a book of such a low reading level! I highly recommend it to any agnostic or pagan parents trying to teach their children the true meaning of right and wrong, without the guilt of a higher being being used as an intimidation and scare tactic to twist the child into submission. This book should help to develop the free thinking skills that are required for any child to be happy and have good self-esteem in regards to their choices and actions.