PBB Recommended Books and DVDs

This revised and updated page includes a selection of the most highly recommended books, videos, and links mentioned in Parenting Beyond Belief and Raising Freethinkers. Ordering through these links will help us continue to maintain and expand this site as the top secular parenting resource online.

See the Resource section at the end of each book chapter for brief reviews and reader age information.

General Parenting and Family

The Inquiring Mind

Living and Teaching Ethics

Religious Literacy

Character, Values, Meaning and Purpose

Body and Sexuality

Celebrations and Passages

Peace, Nonviolence, Kindness, Creativity

Death and Life

Planning Nonreligious Funerals and Memorials

Helping Kids Think About Death

Best Kid Lit Addressing the Topic of Death

Navigating Grief for Kids, Teens, and Parents

When a Pet Dies

Finding and Creating Communities

Additional Resources - General

Humanism for Kids, Family of Humanists, 1997.

Links

• Parents’ Corner on the Secular Web: http://www.infidels.org/families/parents/
• America Online chat and message boards for atheist parents: Keyword Atheism, follow links
• Yahoo’s Atheist Parenting group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atheistparenting/
• iVillage Atheist/Agnostic Parenting message board: http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-ppatheist
• Atheist Parents: www.atheistparents.org
• Family of Humanists: www.familyofhumanists.org
• Ethical Atheist: www.ethicalatheist.org
• Atheist Alliance Family Issues: www.atheistalliance.org – click on Family Issues
• Humanist Network News – Sweet Reason: www.humanistnetworknews.org
• American Atheists Youth and Family page: www.atheists.org/family/
• Agnostic Mom: www.agnosticmom.com
• The Atheist Mama: www.theatheistmama.com
• Religious Tolerance www.religioustolerance.org
• Beliefnet Belief-O-Matic Quiz www.beliefnet.com
• Bible Gateway www.biblegateway.com

Websites for Secular Celebrations and Holidays

• Secular Seasons www.secularseasons.org
• Secular Celebrations www.secular-celebrations.com
• The Darwin Day Program www.darwinday.org
• Earth Day Network www.earthday.org
• National Geographic Xpeditions www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
• Freedom From Religion Foundation www.ffrf.org
• Family Education's "Build Your Own Stonehenge" http://fun.familyeducation.com/outdoor-activities/winter/35028.html
• Festivus: The Website for the Rest of Us www.festivusbook.com

Secular Holiday Cards

• Council For Secular Humanism www.secularhumanism.org/cards/
• Abundant Earth www.abundantearth.com
• Blue Mountain Arts www.bluemountain.com

Humanist celebrants and ceremonies

• The Humanist Society www.humanist-society.org
• The British Humanist Association www.humanism.org.uk – click on Ceremonies

Organizations

• Freethought Directory: http://atheistalliance.org/directory/list.php
• American Atheists (AA): www.atheists.org, www.atheists.org/family
• American Ethical Union (AEU) aka Ethical Culture: www.aeu.org
• American Humanist Association (AHA): www.americanhumanist.org
• Atheist Alliance International (AAI): www.atheistalliance.org
• Council for Secular Humanism (CSH): www.secularhumanism.org, www.inquiringminds.org/education
• Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF): www.ffrf.org
• Secular Student Alliance (SSA): http://www.secularstudents.org/
• The Skeptics Society: www.skeptic.com
• Society for Humanistic Judaism (SHJ): http://www.shj.org/
• The Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families www.dougy.org
• The Good Grief Program at Boston Medical Center: www.bmc.org/pediatrics/special/GoodGrief/overview.html
• Inquiring Minds: www.inquiringminds.org
• National Geographic Xpeditions: www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions