CFI MI :: Parenting Beyond Belief Conference - Dale McGowan (Grand Rapids) February 26, 2011

Presented by Dale McGowan, PhD, Author & Lecturer, "Parenting Beyond Belief" and "Raising Freethinkers"; Foundation Beyond Belief
Description

Join us for a Conference on Parenting Beyond belief with Dale McGowan.

Registration is now open! Register Here

Over nine million parents in the U.S. are raising children without religion. Are you one of them?

Yes? Then you won't want to miss this unique seminar with author and educator Dale McGowan, who offers encouragement and practical solutions for secular parenting in a religious world.

Based on the freethinking philosophy of the book Newsweek called “a compelling read,” the Parenting Beyond Belief Seminar is empowering secular parents across the country to raise ethical, caring, confident kids without religion.
Participants will learn effective ways to:

* Encourage religious literacy without indoctrination;
* Help kids interact productively with a religious world;
* Help kids develop active moral reasoning;
* Address sensitive issues with religious relatives;
* Help children develop a healthy understanding of death and a joyful love of life;
* Build a family atmosphere of fearless questioning and boundless wonder;

Additional sessions include:

* How to challenge church/state separation issues in the public schools.
* Interactive exercises for the whole family on how to address difficult situations.
* Children's programming focusing on science, critical thinking and more.

About the Speaker

Dale McGowan left a 15-year career as a college professor in 2006 to pursue writing full-time. Reviewers called his satirical novel Calling Bernadette’s Bluff “an undoubted triumph of satire” and “a riot.” In addition to editing and co-authoring Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion (“irresistible…a compelling read”—Newsweek), Dale co-authored “Raising Freethinkers released in January 2009. He writes the secular parenting blog The Meming of Life as well as parenting columns for Humanist Network News, and edits the Humanist Parenting website for the Institute for Humanist Studies in Albany, New York. In December 2008 he was named Harvard Humanist of the Year.

Dale holds degrees in physical anthropology and music theory from UC Berkeley as well as a Ph.D. in composition from the University of Minnesota. He and his wife Becca live with their three children near Atlanta, Georgia.
Additional Details

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Registration includes: a Workbook for each paying adult, children's programming and lunch for the whole family.

Advance registration is strongly encouraged (and greatly appreciated). (Limited registration may be available the day of the event, but will not include lunch)

Conference Prices
Friend of the Center (FOC) Individual (1 Adult): $49.00
Friend of the Center (FOC) Dual (2 Adults): $69.00

non-FOC Individual (1 Adult): $59.00
non-FOC Dual (2 Adults): $89.00

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(Please complete FOC membership page before registering - then register at FOC rate)

Individual FOC annual membership: $60 (1 adult)
Family FOC annual membership: $80 (2 adults and children)

Information on a group-hotel rate for out-of-town members and optional family-friendly social events following the conference will be announced very soon - watch for updates.

Cost: Register Here (See above for pricing)

Contact: Jennifer Beahan, michigan@centerforinquiry.net, 616-698-2342