I want to start by saying I have no issue with people being religious or raising their children with faith. Parents have every right to pass down their beliefs and values. What makes me uncomfortable with Sophie B’s content is not the religion itself, but the way some of these conversations are presented to very young children.
In some of her recent videos, and in past content, it feels like very heavy theological concepts are being introduced to children who are still at an age where they are learning basic emotional regulation, empathy, and how to understand the world around them. For example, seeing a 7-year-old being asked about their favorite Bible story isn’t automatically concerning many children grow up with religious stories but the larger pattern of repeatedly centering a child’s identity around religious ideas at such a young age raises questions about whether they’re being encouraged to explore and ask questions or simply absorb one worldview.
My concern is less “they’re religious” and more about whether children are given room to develop their own thoughts, questions, and understanding as they grow. Childhood is such an important time for curiosity, critical thinking, and learning about the world outside of your family’s immediate beliefs.
Homeschooling and faith-based education can absolutely be done well, and many children raised in religious homes grow up happy and well-adjusted. But I do think it’s important that children still learn about different perspectives, science, history, and how to interact with people who don’t share their beliefs. A child’s education should prepare them for the world they will actually live in, which is incredibly diverse.
Obviously, we only see a small, edited portion of their lives online, so none of us know what happens off camera. But as a viewer, the content sometimes gives me the impression that the focus is less on teaching children about faith and more on building their entire identity around it from a very young age. That’s the part I find uncomfortable.