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Families’ faith-full conversations
RELIGIOUS and philosopical questions are a talking point between parents and children, a survey has found.
The Savanta ComRes survey was commissioned by Culham St Gabriel’s Trust, a charity that promotes critical and reflective education in religion and world views.
Its findings showed that 78 per cent of parents discuss beliefs about the origins of life and the universe with their children and 72 per cent discuss beliefs about what happens when we die.
About 7 in 10 parents said that what their child learnt in RE was important. They thought it helped teach children values of respect and acceptance and provided an opportunity to explore different belief
