I too come from a big Italian Catholic fam on my mom's side and Baptists on my fathers.. however, I'm just a spiritualist and find validity in whatever anyone jives with best. I have 6 and 8 year old and the conversation of religion doesn't go very far other than their grandma (my mom) who's been born again more than I care to count! LOL! I don't see the point in stuffing religion into kids.. they have no real concept of it anyways. So I just teach mine to be good kids and not little snot heads, which basically just means to be respectful and treat people how they want to be treated. I'm also against the whole santa and easter bunny crap. My 6 year old is smart enough to already know better though and last year noticed way too many santa's out at stores and said "yeah mom, I think it's just some guys dressed up in costumes". Just at his birthday this month, someone brought up santa and the whole how they track him on tv.. my son turned and said "you believe everything on tv?" LOL!!!! Even as teenagers kids will form decisions they won't be truly happy with... I wouldn't worry about what they believe in anyways. No 2 people will ever have the same beliefs anyways; even within the same religion.