religious upbringing
Spiritual family formation
A religious upbringing is the process of being raised within a particular faith tradition, including its practices, beliefs, and moral teachings.
The phrase typically appears in discussions of how childhood experience shapes adult identity: She had a strict religious upbringing but left the church as a teenager.
Someone's religious upbringing may influence their values long after they've abandoned formal belief.
- Sunday schoolReligious education for children
- Bible studyExamination of Christian scripture
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- family prayerHousehold collective worship
bedtime prayers · saying grace · grace before meals · prayer · church attendance · parental choice · identity formation · moral values · confirmation · youth groups · fasting · moral reasoning · catechism · going to church · cross · compassion · faith · indoctrination
- custodychild custody, joint custody, custody agreement, custody schedule, custody evaluation
- faith familiesfamily devotions, family prayer, family worship, family Bible, family altar
- parental rightsparental rights, parental authority, parental responsibility, parental responsibilities, parental consent
- parentinggentle parenting, child, mom, children, kids
- baptismchristening, infant baptism, adult baptism, water baptism, immersion
- child custodychild custody, custody order, shared custody, sole custody, joint custody