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The Family Skeptical

The Family Skeptical

We’re a married atheist couple raising two wonderful, strange children. We ask big questions, dissect weird parenting moments, and examine how society ignores or misrepresents families like ours. If you’re any stripe of non-believer who’s involved in raising children, welcome! You are our people.

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All Episodes

48:56

I’ll Take My Coping Mechanisms From Skepticism, Not...

The Family Skeptical ·

2024/08/28

We have been in the thick of moving, and it has been… at time. We didn’t even think to mention the weird AirBnBs and hotels we had to stay at. (If you’re going to categorize something as a bedroom, it should have a door, right?) But we’ve been coping, and we discuss how much skepticism has played into handling these kinds of situations better. We also talk about working to be credentialed by the Creator Accountability Network. Now to links: Creator Accountability Network This is the Dad Tired

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59:26

Battle of the O States

The Family Skeptical ·

2024/07/31

We’re back - again with questionable audio issues. If my computer noises are too much for you, skip to the 31:00 mark because they basically resolve in the last topic. We begin by talking about how we choose movies for the boys and use Common Sense Media - probably not as it’s intended. Then we briefly return to the topic of posting the 10 Commandments in public schools. And we finish up discussing Oklahoma and Ohio who are both trying to get in on the

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01:12:09

The Ten Commandments Shouldn’t Be In Public Schools

The Family Skeptical ·

2024/07/10

We begin with a long discussion of the boys’ feelings about their martial arts classes and Pops’ changing perspective on them. Then we review our different feelings about clutter. And we finish up talking about Louisiana’s awful new law requiring that the ten commandments be posted in classrooms…twice. This one ran a bit long, but we may need to do a few short ones during the move, so hopefully it evens out. Now to links: Marie Kondo. Queer Eye. NPR article about Louisiana’s law requiring

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45:08

Rough Picnic: Beyond the Trump of It All and Books Bans

The Family Skeptical ·

2024/06/19

We start out talking once again about how this whole parenting thing can be rough - this time during a picnic at the kids’ new school. Then we review things we might want to discuss with Reader and Go about the Trump verdict. And we finish with book bans (they suck) and a whole lot of librarian love. A little behind-the-scenes: Pops had a bit of a panic attack halfway through recording the episode and you can thank me now for editing out about 20 minutes of me droning on wondering why he had stopped

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50:17

Heads-Up: Trigger Warnings

The Family Skeptical ·

2024/05/29

We begin the episode with a big update on Pops’ neurodivergence, get derailed on an X-Men tangent, and finish up with a discussion of Trigger Warnings. What is the best way to think about them? (As a heads-up, the section on Trigger Warnings includes some discussion of things that might need a trigger warning, so skip it if you’re not in the place to listen.) And finally, I had to dub a few lines and I am clearly both not good at it or mixing that kind of audio, so sorry in advance if it's jarring

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58:56

Interfaith Couples And Should Your Kid Be Able To...

The Family Skeptical ·

2024/05/08

We start the episode with a discussion of just how hard parenting has been. Then we delve into the topic of whether or not parents should feel proud when their kid doesn’t know who Jesus is, and finish up talking about interfaith couples. Could we handle it? Now to links: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart. Relax, It’s Just God: How and Why to Talk to Your Kids About Religion When You’re Not Religious by Wendy Thomas Russell. Parenting Beyond Belief by Dale McGowan. Jamilah

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58:17

So Much Learning To Do

The Family Skeptical ·

2024/04/17

We open the episode talking about going to the American Atheists Convention. It was great. We…are not. Then we dive into important things we learned at the conference and finish up discussing the concept of “You’re doing a good job” from the One Bad Mother podcast. While the conference was a blast, this episode is about some serious stuff, so just take note depending on how you’re doing and who you’re listening with (i.e. kids). ***If you want to skip the discussion of abuse, go to 23:30 and

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01:08:34

Sex and Misrepresentation

The Family Skeptical ·

2024/03/27

Hi hi hi! I hope we have a few new folks joining us from the American Atheists National Convention, and in classic, I-don’t-know-how-calendars-work fashion, we are dropping an episode pretty uncharacteristic of our show. So if you choose to start here, we usually don’t go over an hour and throw in two extra mini topics just for funsies. But here we are. We start discussing Readers issues with…reading. Or really, it’s more about Moms’ issues with Reader’s reading. Then we follow up on our last

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58:16

Talking with Kids About Porn and Sex

The Family Skeptical ·

2024/03/06

We’re headed to the American Atheists National Convention. Definitely look for us if you’re there. Then we talk about things we want to make sure the boys know about porn. And we finish up discussing sex ed. (And just like we mention on this episode, the best advice we’ve ever heard is that the sex talk isn’t one talk. So we’re going to be following up in the next episode with a few more thoughts, and we’ll hopefully return to the topic again, because there’s just so much to discuss.) Now Links:

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50:15

A Traditional Valentine’s Day Ramble

The Family Skeptical ·

2024/02/14

We begin by discussing a few interesting moments in parenting, including Go’s take on Jesus and the problem of evil. Then, in honor of Valentine’s Day, we delve into our relationship - what has made it work, how we still don’t have it figured out, and just how exhausting polyamory sounds. We finish by talking about the concept of a “soft life” - which seems to be everywhere in religious and secular discourse alike. Now Links: Under the Influence with Jo Piazza. Jo is becoming my new parasocial

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55:35

A Skeptical Take on Parenting Advice

The Family Skeptical ·

2024/01/24

We open the episode discussing our many, many, many, many, many Christmases. And then we get into parenting advice and how we try to think about it skeptically. Instead of introducing a true second topic, we instead introduced a subplot of Pop’s incredible work coming to grips with his neurodivergence and the criminal lack of psychological services in most places. Links: Under the Influence with Jo Piazza’s mini episode on parenting advice. Jo Piazza’s parenting advice. Oh Crap Potty

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19:01

Santa Is Dead!

The Family Skeptical ·

2024/01/03

This isn’t a real episode - just a compilation of random things. A short check-in. The only part of the segment that the Goblin’s ate that was worth fighting for and grabbing back from their grimy fingers. A little chat with Reader and Go - including Go’s big Santa revelation. And random musings on our unprofessionality. We are so excited for 2024 and have some really fun topics coming up. The day I was able to get this posted is our Fifthmas (gifts from my best friend, Christmas with my mom, then

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58:11

Rinse and Repeat

The Family Skeptical ·

2023/12/13

We had so much fun talking about trad wives and church last week, that we’re doing it again! We begin by discussing Reader’s tonsillectomy. Then Moms has some expanded thoughts on trad wives and where they could be damaging for their followers. But she's still really likes one of the moms she's following. And then we discuss what to do when teens are interested in going to church. Now the links: Here is Sarah at Wild Motherhood And here is Alex at growinggoodings And finally Morgan

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57:50

Should Secular Parents Let Their Children Attend Church?

The Family Skeptical ·

2023/11/22

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

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47:31

Goblins Ate Our Second Topic

The Family Skeptical ·

2023/11/01

Ooooooohhhhh. It’s almost Halloween. And apparently the spooky season is also where spooky things happen to this podcast. (See the description for our last Halloween episode: MMMmmmm. Logic.) We actually don’t discuss anything about the holiday because we still don’t know how to calendar episodes apparently. But we do give an update on our How To Get Over a Fear of Hell episode, since I was able to talk to my mom and get some details on why she sent me to Christian camp. And then we discuss how we

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01:02:46

How To Get Over a Fear of Hell

The Family Skeptical ·

2023/10/11

Spoiler alert - we don’t know! We start discussing the death of our beloved cat and the weird things that come up at these time as atheists. Then we talk about our own experiences with a fear of hell and what helped us start to escape from that fear. We know everyone is different and none of what worked for us may work for you, but at the very least, we hope you know that if you are dealing with a fear of hell, that shit is hard, and you’re not alone. And the links: Forest Valkai to brighten

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53:27

Death and Violence

The Family Skeptical ·

2023/09/20

Pops opens the show by surprising Moms with a discussion of our dear dying cat, and then Moms tells two stories from BAHACON, one about Atheist community. And we finish the show discussing how violence against women plays into the conversation about masculinity, ending on a story of who Reader and Go say they want to marry. And so so many links: This is the group that runs BAHACON. Gretta Vosper is the BAHACON speaker that Moms referenced. The episode of Thank God I’m an Atheist that

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51:20

You're Culting All Wrong

The Family Skeptical ·

2023/08/30

We start out by discussing an octopus mishap, and then Moms has some advice for religions who want to gain members. (We’re looking at you Mormons.) We finish up by trying to create a modern definition of masculinity, and it definitely includes nail polish. And now for the links: Seth Andrews is wonderful both on his podcast, The Thinking Atheist, and Instagram. Somehow, last week we totally failed to link to the article we discussed by Christine Emba, Men Are Lost. Here it is. And What a

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57:45

The Example Show

The Family Skeptical ·

2023/08/09

We start out discussing our recent trip to visit family and Go being extra brave. Then we talk about things we’ve read that have changed our view of the world and helped shape our morality (that did not come from the Bible). And we finish up just scraping the surface of the current discussion of masculinity by trying to come up with healthy examples of modern masculinity. More on this soon. And now for the links: The progressive Christian parenting book that Moms is reading is Bless This Mess: A

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57:16

What!?

The Family Skeptical ·

2023/07/19

I mean, what really did we talk about? I feel like almost every one of our conversations went a bit off the rails this episode, but we started talking about our lax attitude to Reader and Go’s YouTube consumption, then we somehow got to our ghost/alien sightings (because we’re skeptics), and end up discussing whether children owe their parents anything and whether that changes as they get older…and end up diving deep into a Judge John Hodgman episode about creepy dolls. That all makes sense,

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