English Summary/英文概要： Foreword by Michael Shermer, Ph.D.，Contributors include Richard Dawkins, Penn Jillette, Julia Sweeney, and Dr. Donald B. Ardell

It’s hard enough to live a secular life in a religious world. And bringing up children without religious influence can be even more daunting. Despite the difficulties, a large and growing number of parents are choosing to raise their kids without religion.
In Parenting Beyond Belief, Dale McGowan celebrates the freedom that comes with raising kids without formal indoctrination and advises parents on the most effective way to raise freethinking children. With advice from educators, doctors, psychologists, and philosophers as well as wisdom from everyday parents, the book offers tips and insights on a variety of topics, from "mixed marriages" to coping with death and loss, and from morality and ethics to dealing with holidays. Sensitive and timely, Parenting Beyond Belief features reflections from such freethinkers as Mark Twain, Richard Dawkins, Bertrand Russell, and wellness guru Dr. Don Ardell that will empower every parent to raise both caring and independent children without constraints.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Dale McGowan博士，在柏克萊、洛杉磯加州大學和明尼蘇達大學取得雙學位。作者提出在日漸繁忙的社會結構下，家長對於孩子的教養雖然採取開放式的態度，但回歸於心靈層面相關父母的教育，卻往往疏於重視。
青少年行為偏差日益嚴重，道德觀式微的社會要如何從小培養孩子的自由思考，卻不至以教條式、抑制的方法來引導青年建立良好道德觀與價值觀。本書包含各樣議題，使孩子獨立思考、擁有包容心胸。(CL)

Awards/获奖情况： Library Journal---Engaging and down-to-earth,[this book is highly recommended for large public libraries and parenting collections.
NEWSWEEK---Parents on both sides of the culture war will find this book a compelling read.
Humanist---“…Parenting Beyond Belief provides engaging anecdotes about the challenges of raising children without religion.”
PunditMom (blogspot.com)---“Parenting Beyond Belief serves not only as a guide to families who choose not to make that identification, but it also made me feel that those of us who are struggling with these issues are not so alone.”
John Logsdon, "Sex, Genes, & Evolution" and the Iowa Secularists Newsletter---“The editor, Dale McGowan, a writer, educator, husband and parent of three, has pulled off the difficult task of weaving together diverse parts into a very cohesive whole. It sure helps that most of these parts (the individual essays) are simply terrific! … Parenting Beyond Belief is not only an interesting and enjoyable read, it is also stuffed full with good information and pointers to other sources.”