Religion
In reply to the discussion: I don’t want my wife to indoctrinate our two-year-old into religion [View all]Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)I would say the best thing the husband can do is talk to the kid about how some people believe in religion and others don't, maybe find kids books about different religions, some Greek mythology to show the gods people believed in back then. I am not an expert on children's literature but there are no doubt age appropriate books that deal with religions, there are likely even age appropriate books that deal with atheism.
While this would probably confuse the child a great deal, I think that might be the best possible outcome. A child who is confused is not a child who is indoctrinated, a child who is confused is a child who is asking questions and learning critical thinking skills.
I am not going to say how this would effect the relationship between husband and wife, it is possible my suggestion could get the wife very upset. Just allowing the wife to control religious discussions on the other hand would get the husband very upset. There may be differences that can not be reconciled and a divorce may be inevitable, but I think if anything is going to prevent that divorce it will be one of two things; either the wife backs off and says nothing about religion until the child is older or the husband is also given the chance to show the child why other people either believe or don't believe in different ways.