Should Secular Parents Let Their Children Attend Church?

The Family Skeptical

This was a really fun recording, and we may have gotten a little loopy at the end of it. We begin discussing our epic week and the complexity of happiness. Then Moms dives into her thoughts on trad wives. And we finish up discussing whether or not we think secular parents should bring their kids to church when their kids express interest.

Now the links:

• Here is the episode of Under the Influence with Jo Piazza that talks about trad wives.

• This is Daniel Sloss’s instagram account.

• And I am very consciously not linking to any of the women lumped in as trad wives that we discussed. It’s not an issue of not wanting to give them more attention. But, since I’ve only been following them a short time, and am clearly working through my thoughts, it doesn’t feel right to specifically call out or praise any single person when I don’t feel like I have a grasp on any of them yet. (This will likely change in the next episode.)

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