Parents fear that religion will make their children outcasts
by Danny Boyle, Telegraph:
Almost a quarter of religious parents are not passing on their faith to their children for fear they will be alienated at school, a survey has revealed.
The poll found that one in four (23 per cent) were worried that their offspring might be sidelined by friends if they passed on their religious views.
A similar proportion (26 per cent) of parents said they were concerned that their children “may have questions I could not answer”.
The greatest concern parents had was about social media, with more than a third (34 per cent) saying that they felt it would “have more of an impact on my children’s beliefs than my input”.
The ComRes research, commissioned by the religious and social affairs think tank Theos, also suggested that around a third (31 per cent) of parents were concerned about whether or not their children would group up to hold the same beliefs as them.
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