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Reddit mentions of Grandmother Fish: A Child's First Book of Evolution
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I am a nanny and have seen this situation play out a few times. It works far better when the parents are on the same page. You need to set your boundaries prior to the birth. Tell the parents there will be no baptism and that is final. Also, this is your child and they are not to interfere with what you chose to (or to not) them him/her. That you live in a country that does not openly encourage religiosity like the US is a good start. But if it's like what I see in the states, baptism might be a dealbreaker for whether they actually want anything to do with the grandchild in their life. This is where you have to hold firm. I have also been see posts of atheists who were baptized at birth and are now resentful it was forced on them, so might be another angle to consider.
Fill your child's room with books about science. As your child ages, if any of the books contradict was your in-laws have said to her in private, your child will most likely tell you and that is when you can explain what the grandparents said is not true. I once posted a list of books for kids on here that are good introductions to science but I can't find it, I will keep searching, but offhand I can tell you Grandmother Fish, Older than the Stars, and any book by Chris Ferrie.
The judgement is inevitable but you can judge them right back. Parents can weigh on on the family dynamics better than I can, but from the atheist families I have been with, what helped the most was having the parents on the same page as well as myself since we were the three then children were most likely to come to with questions and eventually they just began ignoring the grandparents.
This is the book our kids like to read that keeps things balanced in a more age appropriate way Grandmother Fish: A Child's First Book of Evolution
Depending on the age of the kid, these could be some good ones:
What Do You Believe?
See Inside World Religions
The Belief Book and others in that series
What is God? (this one does presuppose some kind of a higher power, but compares its depiction across many religions and suggests that god is in us/everywhere around us/basically the concept of good)
I Wonder (not specifically about religion, but more about the idea that science can answer some questions but not yet all - some things are a mystery that we can only wonder about)
Also definitely recommend including some books on the scientific version of the creation story (i.e. the big bang, evolution, etc) so kids have that perspective to draw on as well. Again depending on the age, some good ones are:
Older Than the Stars
Big Bang: The Tongue-Tickling Tale of a Speck That Became Spectacular
One Day a Dot: The Story of You, The Universe, and Everything
Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story
Grandmother Fish
Sapiens: Our Human Evolution
Hope some of those are helpful! :)
Ok so I don't know many kids books other than the ones everyone knows- except!- Grandmother Fish by Jonathan Tweet. It's an awesome book that teaches kids about evolution. A bit out of the ordinary for kids books but it's interactive and educational!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1250113237/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484864262&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=grandmother+fish&dpPl=1&dpID=51Pln2dSU9L&ref=plSrch
Myself and my kids really liked this kids book on evolution:
https://www.amazon.ca/Grandmother-Fish-Childs-First-Evolution/dp/1250113237/
This one is actually about evolution, but it's wonderful, I've been reading it to my daughter silver she was 18m. It's called Grandmother Fish. Like a previous poster said, it introduces new ideas of how life happened. At one point I used to have to read it several times a day to keep her happy.
https://www.amazon.com/Grandmother-Fish-Childs-First-Evolution/dp/1250113237
Might be a bit too basic for an 8 year old, but my 6 and 4 years old like this one.
https://www.amazon.com/Grandmother-Fish-Childs-First-Evolution/dp/1250113237
My kids enjoy this book.
As for dealing with the inevitable stupid god-bothering parents, all I can say is good luck. Because my response would be hostile and the question "why do you want your children to be stupid"?
Which is probably one of the reasons I'm not a teacher.
Grandmother Fish. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250113237/
https://www.amazon.com/Grandmother-Fish-Childs-First-Evolution/dp/1250113237
Here's a different link that might work better:
http://www.grandmotherfish.com/
Amazon should work, too:
https://www.amazon.com/Grandmother-Fish-Childs-First-Evolution/dp/1250113237