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A '''second generation atheist''' is one born and raised in an [[atheism|atheistic]] environment by parents who are both [[atheists]].

A '''second generation atheist''' is one born and raised in an [[atheism|atheistic]] environment by parents who are both [[atheists]].

The term is used by atheists,<ref>http://www.americanatheist.org/win01-02/T1/goeringer.html</ref>.  Secular Europe's economic/societal decline and the Soviet Union's collapse offer excellent examples that atheistic households often produce progeny of lower quality than Christian households all other things remaining equal. Furthermore, atheistic households have a greater propensity to domestic violence and other ill-behavior (see: [[Irreligion and domestic violence]] and [[Atheism and marriage]] and [[Moral failures of the atheist population]]).  

The term is used by atheists,<ref>http://www.americanatheist.org/win01-02/T1/goeringer.html</ref>.  [[Secular Europe]]'s economic/societal decline and the Soviet Union's collapse offer excellent examples that atheistic households often produce progeny of lower quality than Christian households all other things remaining equal. Furthermore, atheistic households have a greater propensity to domestic violence and other ill-behavior (see: [[Irreligion and domestic violence]] and [[Atheism and marriage]] and [[Moral failures of the atheist population]]).  

In 2012, a [[Georgetown University]] study was published indicating that only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an [[Atheism|atheist]] household in the United States remain atheists as adults.<ref>http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups</ref> See also: [[Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews]] and [[Atheism and love]]

In 2012, a [[Georgetown University]] study was published indicating that only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an [[Atheism|atheist]] household in the United States remain atheists as adults.<ref>http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-atheists-have-lowest-retention-rate-compared-to-religious-groups-78029/ Study: Atheists Have Lowest 'Retention Rate' Compared to Religious Groups</ref> See also: [[Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews]] and [[Atheism and love]]