Is Paganism an "Interest"?

[pt_tangles]

In poking around yesterday and today (mostly on MysticWicks - they are big and I can usually find an interesting topic there ... if not an interesting discussion), I stumbled across one of those "What's wrong with raising your kids Pagan?" threads.  One thing I noticed in many of the responses of people who were in the 'not raising kids Pagan' camp was the phrase, "If my children choose to share my interest, I will include them".

This is something I have seem before, but it struck me today how strange a thought that is.  I don't know about anyone else, but my religion is a hell of a lot more to me than an 'interest'.  It is a huge part of my life.  It shapes who I am and how I see and interact with the world. 

If you have found a spiritual home, why would you want to hide it from your children?  How would you spend holidays/Sabbats?  Send them to a sitter?

--Phae

Comments

[pt_tangles]

Unschooling?

--Phae

Unschooling is...

[dbmyrrha.livejournal.com]

teaching without a "plan" or curriculum. It works, but only with very motivated parents, who offer their children a lot of different opportunities for learning. I've seen it work, and I've seen it...not work. :(

[jalilifer.livejournal.com]

Basically, it's child-led learning:

http://www.unschooling.com/library/faq/index.shtml

While it might work for some kids, it's not for everybody. I know that if I were "unschooled", my education would be very limited...I definitely needed the push of a system to get me engaged with mathematics and science.