Atheist parents comfort children about death without talk of God or heaven

[EvilAL]

67. It's not easy

to tell your kids that when they die, that's it, they are dead. Or to tell them that when I die, that's it, I'm fuckin dead. It's confusing because of the whole "heaven" story. They don't even know what it is like to be alive yet and we are fuckin scaring them about death. I was kinda forced into the whole baptism/catechism/ confirmation bullshit by the grandparents of my daughter. Instead of fuckin arguing with everyone I went ahead and put her in. It didn't take long before she realized that going to school all week, then having to go to sunday school was a pain in the ass. She'd rather be playing and doing other kids things instead of spending an hour or so every Sunday learning about something she really doesn't care about. I didn't force her to stop going, but let me fuckin tell you, the day she said she didn't want to go anymore I didn't hesitate to say I had no problem with it. I asked her why, mostly because I thought maybe something bad happened and she was scared or maybe bullying or other bad shit and she just said she didn't want to go anymore. I asked her if she believed in Jesus or God and she said "I don't know, just seems phony" and that was it. She's 17 now and never looked back. I never even bothered enrolling my son, but again due to pressure from the grandparents, on both sides I should add, we had him baptized. It doesn't come up much anymore, I encourage them to read about religions and see how they influence their lives in good and bad ways, but that's about it. I would never disown them for their beliefs or lack thereof, but I think they get it.