My partner and I both left organized religion years ago but we're expecting our first child and we keep having these circular conversations about how to give them meaning and tradition without the framework that shaped us — and we're realizing we have no idea what values we actually want to pass down versus what we're just reacting against.
More people experience this than they realize.
You're discovering that rejecting old forms of meaning doesn't automatically create new ones, and the stakes feel impossibly high when another life depends on your choices.
“Where Are You with Secular legacy in a post-religious age?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.