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Do you teach your kids to pray?

For many parents a prayer before a meal symbolizes giving thanks, for others a nightly prayer is a way to connect with their kids. Still others do not use prayer in any capacity.

Do you teach your children to pray? Was prayer an important part of your development as a child? Please share your experience below.

Your insights will help Public Insight journalists understand and report on the interplay between parenting, faith, values and tradition, and may point us to important stories or issues. We read all responses and promise to keep them confidential unless you give permission to share them publicly. So please share this query with friends, family, colleagues or neighbors who might have interesting insights to contribute.

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Which of these best describes you?

Parent of young child(ren)
Parent of adult child(ren)
Grandparent
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Do you, or did you, teach your children to pray?

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How do you, or did you, teach your children to pray? Through example, stories, in a religious setting - please give as many details as possible.

Why is prayer important to teach your children? Or why not?

Has having children changed your relationship with prayer?

What would you like to know about the intersection between faith and parenting?

What was your experience with prayer growing up? Did your parents teach you how to pray or what to pray for?

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What is your gender?

What faith tradition, if any, do you belong to?

What political party, if any, do you identify with most closely?

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