I Just Got Accused of Indoctrinating My Own Kids

Specifically, let’s talk about the religious indoctrination of children. It’s a topic that’s at the top of my mind because well… one of my readers just accused me of indoctrinating my own children. It all started when I wrote a simple, whimsical open letter to my son, entitled “<a href="https://medium.com/p/e1e9d9fbd18e" rel="noopener">20 Life-Changing Lessons Every Teen Needs</a>.” Lesson 1 in my list of values reads thus: “There is no such thing as a good person and a bad person. Instead, there are only good people who sometimes make bad choices.” But, one of my regular readers, a self-proclaimed atheist, took exception to the idea that I would dare teach my kids that people are inherently good. Here is the comment that they left: <a href="https://medium.com/backyard-theology/i-just-got-accused-of-indoctrinating-my-own-kids-60e412583c00">Read More</a>