Below you will find the Affirmations of Humanism for Children.
Secular Humanists believe there is no God; which in a round-about way makes you responible for your own actions.
Their website is at http://www.secularhumanism.org
While I don't agree with all of their teachings, the manifesto is an excellent parenting tool. (I think you'll see how different it is from JW upbringing) I think you'll find that you could raise a very balanced and emotionally stable child following these guidelines. I encourage you to copy and paste them and share them with your child!!!
A Humanist Kid believes these 16 things:
1. Be the best person you can be.
2. What is right or wrong depends on how it affects people. Hurting people is wrong, and helping people is right. (We should be honest because lies hurt people. It keeps them from knowing the truth, and it may cause them not to trust you. We should be responsible so that we do not burden others. We should respect people's privacy because it makes people feel badly when we don't.)
3. Optimism (seeing the good in things), hope, learning, truth, joy, tolerance for people's differences, love, compassion, inner beauty and readon are all good things.
4. People should talk their problems out instead of fighting.
5. Everyone should have the same basic rights. (We should be fair and nice to everyone, including people who are different from us.)
6. We should be both respectful and helpful to the physically disabled. (Offer to help, but sometimes a disabled person wants to do things for him or herself.)
7. Life should be fun for everyone. (Life is not a test run, or a preparation for something else. We should enjoy life now.)
8. Take care of the Earth. Do not litter; reduce, reuse and recycle garbage.
9. We should be both kind and gentle with animals. (Do not approach wild animals or pets you do not know. You might scare them and they could hurt you)
10. The arts (art, drama, peotry, music, and dancing) are important.
11. Find out what you can do best, and do your best at it.
12. The government and schools should not tell anyone what to believe about religion.
13. We should not believe everything we are told, jump to conclusions, or be afraid of new ideas. (Be sure you have all the facts and test something against reality to see if it is true.)
14. Science is the best way to find out about stuff, and it makes our world a better place. (I.e, it discovers medicines that cure and treat sickness. It also makes bridges and buildings safer.)
15. Everything follows natural laws. Magis is not real. There are no magical gods, angels, devils or ghosts. (Stage magicians pretend to do magic by playing tricks that are fun to watch.)
16. We are all part of the universe and should learn as much about it as possible.