It's the Moms Who Get Kids to Church

A new report from the Pew Research Center suggests mothers have more influence on their children’s religious upbringings than fathers, especially  in interfaith households. One-third of respondents in a survey of roughly 5,000 Americans said their mom was more responsible for their religious experiences than their dad. In families with parents of mixed religious backgrounds, the percentage was well more than half. This was especially true in households in which one parent was religious, and the other wasn’t; in those cases, nearly two-thirds of respondents said their mom had the most influence on their religious lives.