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Book review: Parenting beyond belief: On raising ethical, caring kids without religion

I became a father for the first in July 2007, and until I read this book I was more concerned with how I was going to cope with changing nappies, sleepless nights, and other such things. However, I now realise that parenting involves more than this... For instance, there is the whole issue of how to raise your child to be a considerate and well-mannered individual, and also a positive member of society. There is also the question of whether religion will play any part in this process. (Read more)

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• Interview with David Paxson (World Population Balance) "The world's population is currently at around 6.6 billion people, and is increasing by 9,000 people an hour... However, at the same time the resources we rely on to sustain life here on earth are declining." David Paxson is President of World Population Balance, a US-based organisation which promotes awareness of problems and issues surrounding present and future global population growth.
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: Key facts This article sets out the history and key aims of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (aka the 'Red Cross'). Due to its traditional use of a red cross emblem many people mistakenly believe this to be a Christian organisation, when it is actually a politically neutral and non-religious international humanitarian organisation.
• Book review: Lifetimes - The beautiful way to explain death to children Every parent will have thought about the time when they are going to have to talk to their children about sex (and most likely dread the idea of doing so), but what about other areas of life? For instance, how (or even when) do parents explain to their children the reality of death and prepare them to deal with it?
• The Qur'an: Key facts A brief summary of the origin, history and beliefs about the The Qur'an.
• Visit to the World Trade Centre site (Ground Zero) This article is a personal reflection on the times I have visited the World Trade Centre (WTC) site in Manhattan, NYC (USA), also known as Ground Zero. So far I have visited this site three times. My first visit was in August 2004, my second in December 2005 and my most recent visit was in April 2006
• Tibetan prayer flags Prayer flags are very popular in Tibetan Buddhism. Now this might seem paradoxical to some people because prayer is often associated with the idea of communicating with a deity (or God), yet Buddhists are in fact atheists. However, in Tibetan Buddhism prayer flags are more to do with spreading a sense of goodwill, and letting people know that you wish them well.

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