Do atheists raise atheist children?

A Religious Apologist says...

"It should be noted that among children of atheists, there is a much larger percentage of those who apparently recognize the moral hole resulting form such who seek to pursue one religion or another than children of truly "religious" parents going the other direction."

I think the Apologist is trying to say that many people who are raised as atheists, do not remain as atheists in later life.  Obviously the "moral hole" comment is unsubsantiated but I'm happy to take the statistical claim at face value because it certainly wouldn't surprise me if it was true.  

Now I can't speak for all infidels, but from personal experience, I didn't raise my children as atheists. Rather, I simply didn't indoctrinate them one way or the other. 

(But... Can it be argued that no indoctrination is equivalent to raising them as atheists?)

Anyway, I think indoctrination is wrong and I'd be a hypocrite if I indoctrinated them. It seemed to me that the best approach was to let them make up their own minds. Obviously I would answer any religious questions they had, and they received well rounded religious education at school. And I would always explain that my religious views were just my opinion and they should explore other opinions 

But there was no infidel Sunday school for my children, there were no infidel traditions or rituals to abide by, there was no threat or punishment or guilt trip for not believing something or other. There was no pressure to believe or not.  I encouraged my children to think for themselves, to come to their own conclusions, and not believe something just because I believed it.  

How did they turn out? Two are infidels and one goes to church with her kids because her mother-in-law expects it. If I had to guess why they turned out to be non-religious I'd say it was because there was no pressure to be religious. If we had lived in a religious culture when they were growing up there's a higher chance they would be religious.

I'm totally fine with whatever choices my children make because I don't care what religion they decide to choose or not choose, as long as they are happy and fulfilled and leading interesting and worthwhile lives. And they seem to be doing just that. (My grandson appears to be a natural sceptic but that's another story.)

Now... Having taken the Apologist claim at face value, let's look at some statistics which paint a slightly different picture. 

These figures from the Pew Forum focus on belief as a child compared to currentx.  It shows the non-believers are the only group growing in significant numbers, with Christians suffering the largest decline.

The full document can be found here

Extract:

The biggest gains due to changes in religious affiliation have been among those who say they are not affiliated with any particular religious group or tradition. Overall, 7.3% of the adult population says they were unaffiliated with any particular religion as a child. Today, however, 16.1% of adults say they are unaffiliated, a net increase of 8.8 percentage points. Sizeable numbers of those raised in all religions – from Catholicism to Protestantism to Judaism – are currently unaffiliated with any particular religion.

The unaffiliated group provides a good example of the high degree of religious movement that has taken place in the U.S. Overall, 3.9% of the adult population reports being raised without any particular religious affiliation but later affiliating with a religious group. However, more than three times as many people (12.7% of the adult population overall) were raised in a particular faith but have since become unaffiliated with any religious group.