{"id":7037837,"date":"2026-08-11T10:58:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/im-afraid-my-kids-will-become-religious-to-rebel-against-me\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T10:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:58:26","slug":"im-afraid-my-kids-will-become-religious-to-rebel-against-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7037837","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Afraid My Kids Will Become Religious to Rebel Against Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"dr0V0\" id=\"viewer-sa9e787840\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"jT4Ve _358WX\">\n<figure class=\"LDE6y\" data-hook=\"figure-IMAGE\">\n<div data-hook=\"image-viewer\" class=\"VVivY\">\n<div class=\"WwhQO _0ot0J M9dNv\" style=\"--dim-height:5304;--dim-width:7952;--ricos-image-default-border-color:unset\" data-hook=\"image-viewer-sa9e787840\">\n<div class=\"_1US6T\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0\" id=\"sa9e787840\" class=\"Icsbl\"><wow-image id=\"nsplsh_4449586877324236426a6f~mv2_d_7952_5304_s_4_2.jpg\" class=\"undefined DnHrv\" data-image-info=\"{&quot;containerId&quot;:&quot;sa9e787840&quot;,&quot;alignType&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;,&quot;isLQIP&quot;:true,&quot;isSEOBot&quot;:false,&quot;lqipTransition&quot;:&quot;blur&quot;,&quot;encoding&quot;:&quot;AVIF&quot;,&quot;imageData&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:7952,&quot;height&quot;:5304,&quot;uri&quot;:&quot;nsplsh_4449586877324236426a6f~mv2_d_7952_5304_s_4_2.jpg&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;}}\" data-motion-part=\"BG_IMG sa9e787840\" data-bg-effect-name=\"\" data-has-ssr-src=\"https:\/\/www.godlessmom.com\/post\/true\" data-animate-blur=\"\" data-is-responsive=\"https:\/\/www.godlessmom.com\/post\/true\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"kids become religious\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godlessmom.com\/post\/kids-become-religious-to-rebel\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/nsplsh_4449586877324236426a6f~mv2_d_7952_5304_s_4_2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_5000,h_3335,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/nsplsh_4449586877324236426a6f~mv2_d_7952_5304_s_4_2.jpg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/wow-image><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"EvIza\" type=\"button\" data-hook=\"image-expand-button\" aria-label=\"Expand image\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 19 19\" class=\"dH09O\"><path d=\"M15.071 8.371V4.585l-4.355 4.356a.2.2 0 0 1-.283 0l-.374-.374a.2.2 0 0 1 0-.283l4.356-4.355h-3.786a.2.2 0 0 1-.2-.2V3.2c0-.11.09-.2.2-.2H16v5.371a.2.2 0 0 1-.2.2h-.529a.2.2 0 0 1-.2-.2zm-6.5 6.9v.529a.2.2 0 0 1-.2.2H3v-5.371c0-.11.09-.2.2-.2h.529c.11 0 .2.09.2.2v3.786l4.355-4.356a.2.2 0 0 1 .283 0l.374.374a.2.2 0 0 1 0 .283L4.585 15.07h3.786c.11 0 .2.09.2.2z\" fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-i4zpq89053\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>You left the <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.godlessmom.com\/atheist-t-shirts-gear\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ReYqi n2z1j\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><u style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span>religion<\/span><\/u><\/a><span>. You did the therapy. You had the fights. You rebuilt yourself from the ground up without a single deity to spot you. And now you&#8217;re lying awake wondering if your ten-year-old is going to find God just to piss you off.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-349nm507\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>Today&#8217;s letter comes from someone I&#8217;ll call &#8220;Overthinking Mom,&#8221; and I feel this:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"g8Wtm\" dir=\"ltr\" id=\"viewer-shihd84561\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<blockquote class=\"olj1t\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\"><p><span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>I left religion dramatically. There were fights. Therapy. The whole thing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"g8Wtm\" dir=\"ltr\" id=\"viewer-ael7h5861\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<blockquote class=\"olj1t\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\"><p><span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>My kids (10 &amp; 13) have grown up hearing why I left.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"g8Wtm\" dir=\"ltr\" id=\"viewer-7u9mm5863\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<blockquote class=\"olj1t\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\"><p><span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>Now I\u2019m worried they\u2019ll \u201cfind Jesus\u201d just to push back against me someday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"g8Wtm\" dir=\"ltr\" id=\"viewer-30rng5865\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<blockquote class=\"olj1t\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\"><p><span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>Is that a thing? Or am I projecting my own trauma onto hypothetical teenagers?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-kywpi6669\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>Right now, my 17-year-old son isn&#8217;t talking to me. It wasn&#8217;t like a fight or a falling out. He just&#8230; <\/span><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span>doesn&#8217;t talk<\/span><\/em><span>.  I see him talk endlessly with his friends and his girlfriend. But when it comes to me and his father? We get grunts. He answers every question with either, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; or &#8220;Hamburger.&#8221; It&#8217;s frustrating for sure, but I just keep reminding myself: this is the horrible phase where your babies pull away and assert their own individualism. Sometimes, that means they need a bit more space between them and you. That can look like communicating solely with grunts, or it can look like like exploring the very religion their mom left through blood, sweat and tears.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"dr0V0\" id=\"viewer-6a157ccd-8c66-8a17-50e5-5e7b7da111c1\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"jT4Ve _358WX MKCk0\">\n<div class=\"rhE8w\" data-hook=\"vertical-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.wix.app\/stores\/e3b40976-1dd5-434c-a65e-f226eabeb710\/catalog\/6a157ccd-8c66-8a17-50e5-5e7b7da111c1?d=https:\/\/www.godlessmom.com\/product-page\/atheist-book-for-people-leaving-religion\" style=\"--vertical-embed-background-color:#00062400;--vertical-embed-border-color:#000624;--vertical-embed-border-width:1px;--vertical-embed-border-radius:5px;--vertical-embed-content-padding:18px;--vertical-embed-button-fill-color:#E8396D;--vertical-embed-button-border-radius:5px;--vertical-embed-button-font-size:14px;--vertical-embed-button-padding:12px;--vertical-embed-image-border-color:#FFFFFF;--vertical-embed-image-border-width:0px;--vertical-embed-image-border-radius:5px;--vertical-embed-ribbon-fill-color:#E8396D;--vertical-embed-ribbon-border-radius:0px\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Don\u2019t Panic, But You Might Be an Atheist Book For People Leaving Religion\" title=\"Don\u2019t Panic, But You Might Be an Atheist Book For People Leaving Religion\">\n<div style=\"direction:ltr\" class=\"Zd6Jj WWe25 off8M CbdcN sgFTX\">\n<div class=\"jTd-B xRF4y NtpsW\">\n<div class=\"ebDs3\">\n<div class=\"ynsrD\">\n<p>Don\u2019t Panic, But You Might Be an Atheist Book For People Leaving Religion<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c4ySj XWo3g\">$14.99<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-uhkvc3496\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>What they are doing is pulling as far away from their parents as possible without breaking the bonds. They <\/span><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span>need<\/span><\/em><span> to do this to figure out who they are. Understand, they have always existed in the context of your family, but when they become teenagers, they are about to embark on life on their own. In order to understand themselves outside of the context of the family, which is where they will be when they move out or go to college, they need to distance themselves from it in the safest way possible. That usually manifests in rebellion or distance between kiddo and parents. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-n80m5471\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0273229712000020\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ReYqi n2z1j\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><u style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span>Adolescent rebellion<\/span><\/u><\/a><span> is one of the most thoroughly documented phenomena in developmental psychology. It is the engine that separates children from parents, the biological mechanism by which your kids eventually stop needing you to cut their grapes. It is not a moral failing. It is not a referendum on your parenting. It is, in fact, proof that you raised a person capable of independent thought, <\/span><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span>which is the entire point<\/span><\/em><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"dr0V0\" id=\"viewer-6de6a3531\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"jT4Ve _358WX\">\n<figure class=\"LDE6y\" data-hook=\"figure-IMAGE\">\n<div data-hook=\"image-viewer\" class=\"VVivY\">\n<div class=\"WwhQO _0ot0J M9dNv\" style=\"--dim-height:2304;--dim-width:3456;--ricos-image-default-border-color:unset\" data-hook=\"image-viewer-6de6a3531\">\n<div class=\"_1US6T\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0\" id=\"6de6a3531\" class=\"Icsbl\"><wow-image id=\"nsplsh_23abd064435f4b1bae828277adf689cf~mv2.jpg\" class=\"undefined DnHrv\" data-image-info=\"{&quot;containerId&quot;:&quot;6de6a3531&quot;,&quot;alignType&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;,&quot;isLQIP&quot;:true,&quot;isSEOBot&quot;:false,&quot;lqipTransition&quot;:&quot;blur&quot;,&quot;encoding&quot;:&quot;AVIF&quot;,&quot;imageData&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:3456,&quot;height&quot;:2304,&quot;uri&quot;:&quot;nsplsh_23abd064435f4b1bae828277adf689cf~mv2.jpg&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;}}\" data-motion-part=\"BG_IMG 6de6a3531\" data-bg-effect-name=\"\" data-has-ssr-src=\"https:\/\/www.godlessmom.com\/post\/true\" data-animate-blur=\"\" data-is-responsive=\"https:\/\/www.godlessmom.com\/post\/true\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"rebellious teen with mohawk\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godlessmom.com\/post\/kids-become-religious-to-rebel\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/nsplsh_23abd064435f4b1bae828277adf689cf~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_3456,h_2304,al_c,q_90\/nsplsh_23abd064435f4b1bae828277adf689cf~mv2.jpg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/wow-image><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"EvIza\" type=\"button\" data-hook=\"image-expand-button\" aria-label=\"Expand image\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 19 19\" class=\"dH09O\"><path d=\"M15.071 8.371V4.585l-4.355 4.356a.2.2 0 0 1-.283 0l-.374-.374a.2.2 0 0 1 0-.283l4.356-4.355h-3.786a.2.2 0 0 1-.2-.2V3.2c0-.11.09-.2.2-.2H16v5.371a.2.2 0 0 1-.2.2h-.529a.2.2 0 0 1-.2-.2zm-6.5 6.9v.529a.2.2 0 0 1-.2.2H3v-5.371c0-.11.09-.2.2-.2h.529c.11 0 .2.09.2.2v3.786l4.355-4.356a.2.2 0 0 1 .283 0l.374.374a.2.2 0 0 1 0 .283L4.585 15.07h3.786c.11 0 .2.09.2.2z\" fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"dr0V0\" id=\"viewer-tq4ct3553\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<p><figcaption class=\"Ds6M9\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px\"><span>We all did it. We all rebelled in some way. Some more memorable than others. <\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-mkyev3731\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>Here&#8217;s what rebellion actually requires: a position to push against. If you had stayed religious, your kids might have become atheists. If you&#8217;d been a strict vegetarian, at least one of them would currently be fantasizing about a gas station hot dog. If you have very strong opinions about the Oxford comma, as one does, one of them is going to start writing comma splices out of sheer spite by age fifteen. The content of the rebellion is almost beside the point. They&#8217;re not pushing against <\/span><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span>your atheism<\/span><\/em><span> specifically. They&#8217;re pushing against <\/span><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span>you<\/span><\/em><span>, because <\/span><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span>you<\/span><\/em><span> are the gravity they need to escape in order to figure out who they are on their own.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-tw46p477\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>That said: here is what the data actually shows, because I believe in evidence and so do you: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-p3h3c4916\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/1387478\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ReYqi n2z1j\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><u style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span>Studies on religious identity<\/span><\/u><\/a><span> in adolescence and young adulthood consistently show that the single biggest predictor of a child&#8217;s adult <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.godlessmom.com\/post\/how-to-know-you-re-an-atheist\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ReYqi n2z1j\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><u style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span>religiosity<\/span><\/u><\/a><span> is the religiosity of the household they grew up in. Children raised without religion are significantly more likely to remain <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.godlessmom.com\/post\/what-is-an-atheist\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ReYqi n2z1j\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><u style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span>non-religious<\/span><\/u><\/a><span> as adults. Not because they were denied a choice, but because they were raised with habits of mind that make the supernatural a fairly hard sell. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.godlessmom.com\/post\/atheism-in-literature-20-must-read-books-for-skeptics\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ReYqi n2z1j\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><u style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span>Critical thinking<\/span><\/u><\/a><span> is stubborn. Once it&#8217;s in there, it doesn&#8217;t go away because someone at a youth group offered your kid free pizza and a sense of community.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-ws90k480\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>What you&#8217;re actually worried about isn&#8217;t really Jesus. Jesus is a placeholder. What you&#8217;re worried about is that your kids will mistake a performance of rebellion for a genuine belief, build a life around it, and you&#8217;ll have to watch from the outside while they do. That&#8217;s a legitimate fear. It&#8217;s also a fear about something you can&#8217;t control, which is what makes parenting so relentlessly humbling.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"dr0V0\" id=\"viewer-npevi9111\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"jT4Ve _358WX\">\n<figure class=\"LDE6y\" data-hook=\"figure-IMAGE\">\n<div data-hook=\"image-viewer\" class=\"VVivY\">\n<div class=\"WwhQO _0ot0J M9dNv\" style=\"--dim-height:3265;--dim-width:4898;--ricos-image-default-border-color:unset\" data-hook=\"image-viewer-npevi9111\">\n<div class=\"_1US6T\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0\" id=\"npevi9111\" class=\"Icsbl\"><wow-image id=\"nsplsh_0c2c88cb49f0433586bacf9b3f6f6def~mv2.jpg\" class=\"undefined DnHrv\" data-image-info=\"{&quot;containerId&quot;:&quot;npevi9111&quot;,&quot;alignType&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;,&quot;isLQIP&quot;:true,&quot;isSEOBot&quot;:false,&quot;lqipTransition&quot;:&quot;blur&quot;,&quot;encoding&quot;:&quot;AVIF&quot;,&quot;imageData&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:4898,&quot;height&quot;:3265,&quot;uri&quot;:&quot;nsplsh_0c2c88cb49f0433586bacf9b3f6f6def~mv2.jpg&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;}}\" data-motion-part=\"BG_IMG npevi9111\" data-bg-effect-name=\"\" data-has-ssr-src=\"https:\/\/www.godlessmom.com\/post\/true\" data-animate-blur=\"\" data-is-responsive=\"https:\/\/www.godlessmom.com\/post\/true\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"parent of teens\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godlessmom.com\/post\/kids-become-religious-to-rebel\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/nsplsh_0c2c88cb49f0433586bacf9b3f6f6def~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_4898,h_3265,al_c,q_90\/nsplsh_0c2c88cb49f0433586bacf9b3f6f6def~mv2.jpg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/wow-image><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"EvIza\" type=\"button\" data-hook=\"image-expand-button\" aria-label=\"Expand image\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 19 19\" class=\"dH09O\"><path d=\"M15.071 8.371V4.585l-4.355 4.356a.2.2 0 0 1-.283 0l-.374-.374a.2.2 0 0 1 0-.283l4.356-4.355h-3.786a.2.2 0 0 1-.2-.2V3.2c0-.11.09-.2.2-.2H16v5.371a.2.2 0 0 1-.2.2h-.529a.2.2 0 0 1-.2-.2zm-6.5 6.9v.529a.2.2 0 0 1-.2.2H3v-5.371c0-.11.09-.2.2-.2h.529c.11 0 .2.09.2.2v3.786l4.355-4.356a.2.2 0 0 1 .283 0l.374.374a.2.2 0 0 1 0 .283L4.585 15.07h3.786c.11 0 .2.09.2.2z\" fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"dr0V0\" id=\"viewer-hm1nh9145\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<p><figcaption class=\"Ds6M9\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px\"><span>Start with what you can control.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-7olwj11058\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>Here&#8217;s what you can control: You can model what a person looks like when they&#8217;ve interrogated their beliefs and arrived somewhere real. You can have the kind of household where your kids can say &#8220;I&#8217;ve been reading about this, and I don&#8217;t know what I think&#8221; without you treating it like a betrayal. You can make doubt feel safe, because doubt is actually how <\/span><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span>you<\/span><\/em><span> got here.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-fcekq486\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>The teenagers most likely to sprint toward religion aren&#8217;t the ones who were raised by atheists who talked openly about why they left and what they found on the other side. They&#8217;re the ones who were raised in houses where certainty was enforced, where questions were quietly discouraged, where the wrong answer to a philosophical question had social consequences. Does that sound familiar? It should, because you left it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-48gy7489\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>You didn&#8217;t raise your kids in that house, hun. By very definition, an atheist cannot.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-b3nz1492\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>So: are you projecting your own trauma onto hypothetical teenagers? Partially, yes. Your brain has a scar from a specific kind of institution that used certainty as a weapon, and when it sees anything resembling that pattern (even in a hypothetical future teenager, even in your own child) it flinches. That&#8217;s just straight-up muscle memory doing its job.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-u1btl495\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>But here&#8217;s the thing about projecting: the projection is yours. The hypothetical teenager doesn&#8217;t exist yet. And the real kids, the ten and thirteen year olds you are actually raising right now, aren&#8217;t showing you signs of secret evangelical leanings. They&#8217;re showing you a <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.godlessmom.com\/post\/atheist-parent-christian-wedding\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ReYqi n2z1j\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><u style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span>parent<\/span><\/u><\/a><span> who cares so much about getting this right that she wrote to someone with experience for advice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-0ssvg498\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>That&#8217;s not a parent whose kids are headed for a megachurch.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"kFB2b Fg5BJ hRr0S _9Osz5\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-sqnvg501\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"_5bJSe\"><span>That&#8217;s a parent who did the work. 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You did the therapy. You had the fights. You rebuilt yourself from the ground up without a single deity to spot you. And now you&#8217;re lying awake wondering if your ten-year-old is going to find God just to piss you off. Today&#8217;s letter comes from someone I&#8217;ll call &#8220;Overthinking Mom,&#8221; and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7037838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197050,200381],"tags":[11516,351,7295,7428],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-7037837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rational-living","category-secular-parenting","tag-afraid","tag-kids","tag-rebel","tag-religious"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I\u2019m Afraid My Kids Will Become Religious to Rebel Against Me - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7037837\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I\u2019m Afraid My Kids Will Become Religious to Rebel Against Me - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You left the religion. 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