Hellobee Boards Topic: Did you grow up in a religious household?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Did you grow up in a religious household? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:45:52 +0000 MegWag on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71635 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:34:58 +0000 MegWag 71635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My family is very involved in the Presbyterian Church. My mom is actually a church educator and works as an executive for the church on a regional level. We went to church every Sunday and were involved in all aspects (committee work, volunteering, choirs, youth groups, etc). I'm now an ordained elder. My husband is a non-practising Jew. I'd say he's agnostic now. I'm sure our kids will be exposed to religion, but we don't attend a church. I haven't found one here in the UK to attend (not that I've tried that hard). If we were still in Dallas, I'd be more interested in raising our kids attending church, but it's not a societal norm here the way it is there. I'll educate them in Christianity, Judaism and other world religions so they have a well-rounded exposure. DpeachLu on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71611 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:14:17 +0000 DpeachLu 71611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes. My parents are VERY involved at a Catholic church. Husb and I continue to go ALMOST every Sunday and I would like to raise my kids around it as well. daniellemybelle on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71596 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:09:07 +0000 daniellemybelle 71596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. Bee: How did you go to church at 5 on your own!? My parents and extended family are VERY religious. It defines them more than anything else. We went to church every Sunday and Wednesday, and religion was a big part of our family life. DH on the other hand grew up in what I would say is the quintessential non-religious household. His parents are not against religion and will say generic prayers at Christmas and that kind of thing, but he did not have an upbringing in any kind of religious tradition whatsoever. His parents actually converted to Islam when they were young and still have a Muslim last name, but they shed the actual faith a long time ago. As for us, I think we like the idea of religion and being a part of a church, but we are fairly agnostic. I think DH is actually more a "believer" than I am. No matter what path we end up taking, I want to teach our kids about all the religions of the world, and raise them to be critical thinkers and open-minded. heffalump on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71532 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:21:49 +0000 heffalump 71532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mediagirl: there are 3 main types of Jews. Reform, conservative, and orthodox. Orthodox are very strict, they follow all the rules very closely. Reform are pretty relaxed. They are the Jews you will see eating bacon and only go to temple for the holidays (I'm stereotyping , I actually love going to temple and won't eat pig). Conservative Jews are somewhere in the middle. Penny Lane on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71450 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:58:32 +0000 Penny Lane 71450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I grew up in a Christian (LDS) household, as was DH. I went to an LDS high school and DH went to the LDS college, BYU. So our LOs will be raised that way too! Mrs. Oatmeal on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71442 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:55:49 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 71442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes! My parents are both very involved in their church, and I grew up in Sunday school, youth group and Bible study. Now, I'm married to a youth pastor...so our LOs will definitely be raised in a Christian home. It means too much to us not to share with kids. chopsuey on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71438 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:54:44 +0000 chopsuey 71438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My dad's a pastor!!! sulli301 on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71311 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:06:36 +0000 sulli301 71311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My father was raised very very catholic, my great uncle was a bishop, my cousin is a nun, & my father went to the seminary before leaving to go to college & later marrying my mother. My mom was raised Lutheran. I was baptized catholic & we went to church on & off while I was young. I knew when I was a teenager that I wanted to raise my children going to church so after going sporadically in college I started to go frequently with DH & joined RCIA with him. We are now very involved in our church & DD was baptized there at 5 weeks. I really love going. DH wasn't raised going to church, his family was Christian & his dad had grown up Catholic but DH was never baptized as a baby/child. tequiero21 on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71296 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:57:21 +0000 tequiero21 71296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ we were both raised in very religious households. we won't be as extreme as our parents, but we definitely want to instill christian beliefs. and they will attend church every sunday. owlmom on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71269 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:41:26 +0000 owlmom 71269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was raised, and still am, a liberal Christian. My stepfather is a minister, but once I was high school aged, my parents left it up to me to decide if I wanted to practice my faith or not. We definitely weren't the type of household you would expect from the family of a pastor. I plan to raise my children in the Christian faith, particularly because of the values they will learn, but I hope to teach them to be free-thinking and encourage them to question their faith and make their own decisions about what to believe. yoursilverlining on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71268 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:41:07 +0000 yoursilverlining 71268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was raised by atheists, and both my husband and I are atheists. Even though we don’t believe in any God(s) and are very anti-organized religion, we’re also very biblically well educated (my husband teaches a college level course on the Bible, for instance) so we’re ready to answer questions LO might have about religion and why none of us believe/participate. We will be raising LO in a religion free (but moral and ethics heavy) home. Rescuemom10 on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71250 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:29:02 +0000 Rescuemom10 71250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I grew up Catholic and even went to a Catholic school. My parents werent hard core pressing of it. Like AUNT POL said... Faily "loose Catholic" home. Mrsbells on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71235 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:22:20 +0000 Mrsbells 71235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I grew up in a christian home and went to church every weekend. Its had a positive effect on my life and I will be doing the same with my kids skibobrown on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71224 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:13:34 +0000 skibobrown 71224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My mom was raised reform Jewish, and my dad was raised Catholic, but neither of them still practice -- so they raised me and my sister w/out any real religion. We celebrated Christmas, Hannukah, Easter, and Passover, but that was about it. DH is agnostic. Personally, I identify much more strongly w/ the Jewish faith, but I never had a bat mizvah, and we only attended temple briefly when I begged my parents to join one when I was growing up. DH and I have decided that we will educate our kids on religion in general and that they can choose whether they want to follow one religion in particular. I'm secretly hoping that our kids pick Judaism... ;-) banana on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71215 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:08:47 +0000 banana 71215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We both (DH and I) didn't grow up in a super religious household. But my brother and I attended church (Christian Protestant) since we were really young and grew up with religion our whole lives. We'll be raising our kids in a Christian household. Mrs. Pickle on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71210 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:06:26 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 71210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I grew up in a Christian household. If anyone knows who Kenneth Copeland is, that's who we listened to a lot. My husban grew up Catholic, but by the time we met he wasn't practicing anymore and had started going to a non denominational church. It's important to us that our children are raised in a Christian household. BoogieBea on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71191 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:58:56 +0000 BoogieBea 71191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Both DH and I didn't grow up in a religious households, but we're both Christians (Protestant) now and will be raising our kids Christian. DillonLion on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71189 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:57:16 +0000 DillonLion 71189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was raised Jewish and we went to a conservative temple but are more aligned with the reform movement in terms of what each sect actually aligns itself with. DH is Christian, and he grew up attending a Methodist church at first (his dad's side) and then went to the Baptist church (his mom's side) later on. We plan on raising our kids with both, and hope they find something that spiritually attach to, whatever that may be (Jewish/Christian/or something else) cyndistar3 on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71161 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:41:19 +0000 cyndistar3 71161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I did, I lived with my super religious grandparents but they were the type of Christians that tried to scare me into being saved. My grandma was always saying that if I didn't get.things together I would go to hell. I never truly accepted Christ until I learned about His love and mercy and that it isn't about religion, it is about relationship. twodoghouse on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71160 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:40:42 +0000 twodoghouse 71160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My husband and I are both atheists. We will not raise our kids with any specific religion, though I think we will end up taking our kids to church for holidays that we spend with my in-laws. They are Methodist and still regularly attend church. I grew up Catholic, but stopped going regularly after being confirmed. My parents don't attend Catholic church, but my mom teaches at a Methodist pre-school so she goes to church every day, she says. MH.Abroad on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71156 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:38:37 +0000 MH.Abroad 71156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, I did. Very much so. I will raise my children in a Christian home, but educate them about other religions and belief systems so that they can make informed decisions. Clementine on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71152 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:36:30 +0000 Clementine 71152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH and I grew up in the church and still practice our faith and definitely will be raising our LO in the church. mediagirl on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71114 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:15:50 +0000 mediagirl 71114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @artbee: not to go off-topic but do you mind if I ask what reform-jews means? I'm curious. :) calsmom on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71113 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:15:48 +0000 calsmom 71113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I grew up going to a Presbyterian church, but stopped going once I started playing softball tournaments every weekend. I never liked going to church as a kid. When I moved to California in my 20s, I started going to church again (Presbyterian). I loved it. I stopped going when I started working weekends, and haven't been since we moved to the South. mediagirl on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71110 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:15:17 +0000 mediagirl 71110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I grew up Catholic and had to go to church until I was Confirmed. Then, we slacked off. We always go to church when we're around Gram, though (she lives in Ohio so we don't see her all that often). heffalump on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71105 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:12:57 +0000 heffalump 71105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Hubby and I are reform Jews. We both went to Sunday and Hebrew school. We had bar mitzvahs and got confirmed. But we were pretty relaxed. We didn't go to temple every Friday night. We'll raise lo the same way. meredithNYC on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71098 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:06:21 +0000 meredithNYC 71098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was raised Catholic and am still practicing. My husband, on the other hand, was baptized in the Church of England but his parents were never really involved beyond that. He has agreed to raise our kids Catholic, though I have not pressured him to convert, and he occasionally comes to mass with me. We are lucky to belong to a very liberal and open-minded parish, which makes me extremely happy. mrsjazz on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71097 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:05:58 +0000 mrsjazz 71097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm agnostic, but I grew up in what I like to call a religiously confusing household. We were Jehovah's Witnesses as young children--I can remember going door to door. But then my mom was disfellowshipped and we took a short break from religion. Then we began attending a Baptist church. It didn't make sense to me to go from one to the next and the only thing I liked about church was the music. Mr. Jazz is an atheist, but his family is Pentecostal. His mom and dad aren't religious anymore, but they grew up in that church and his grandmom is an avid church goer. We want to teach our children about religion, though we are both anti-organized religion. We have weird conversations--Mr. Jazz wants to baptize or send our kids to church although he is an atheist. I'm fine with our daughter going to church with my mom or her great grandparents--but not regularly. And I've been dabbling with Buddhism and have dreams of sitting and meditating with my children. sslm on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71096 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:05:49 +0000 sslm 71096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I grew up catholic, and then DH and I got married in an Anglican church. We only go on Easter and christmas at the moment, but would like to start going more! Rubies on "Did you grow up in a religious household?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-grow-up-in-a-religious-household#post-71086 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:01:11 +0000 Rubies 71086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was raised in a Christian household and the hubs and I are heavily involved in our church and will be raising LO in church.