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Question For Parents

How important is it that your kids share your political beliefs?


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As a parent how important to you is whether or not your kids when they grow up (or if they are already), sharing the same or very similar political and ideological beliefs that you have?
 
To me, it's not important, as long as his ethical standards are high, and he's trustworthy. My son turned out to be a bit more liberal than I, but he still has the same core beliefs.
 
Not a parent (yet :mrgreen:) but ideally my child would think for himself/herself. In fact, I'd consider myself to be a bad parent if my child agreed with me 100% on everything.
 
My older daughter is my mini-me, and now appreciates classical music, among other things, because she heard me listen to it when she was young. She kind of follows me, and I'm OK with that. My middle and youngest? They are much more headstrong and they go their own way. I lean liberal, and so do they, but if they wanted to lean conservative, I'd beat the crap out of them and lock them in the basement. J/K, J/K. I never have to worry about that, though. They are really more liberal than me. :lol: They have to follow their own beliefs. I'd never have issue with them doing that.
 
I lean liberal, and so do they, but if they wanted to lean conservative, I'd beat the crap out of them and lock them in the basement. J/K, J/K.

Oh my, Superfly. I never knew you had a dark side. :lol:
 
As a parent how important to you is whether or not your kids when they grow up (or if they are already), sharing the same or very similar political and ideological beliefs that you have?

I want my kids to come to their own beliefs. We have some good and in-depth discussions, and I try to guide them, but... it's their choice and responsibility to form their own beliefs. My youngest is at school at UNC Chapel Hill, the most liberal school in this state. He has been getting indoctrinated in the liberal ethos. We have had some very heated discussion - not disrespectful, but heated. He has changed his views somewhat due to my giving him facts to research on his own instead of taking his professors political statements as fact. He still leans to the left, but not as far. Of course, I'm not so far to the right that I can't even see out of my left eye, like some are on here.

I feel that parents have a duty to help their children understand the world, which includes politics. But, that duty requires facts, and not rhetoric. I pity the kids of some here that are either on the extreme left or extreme right, and show us daily that facts come way behind rhetoric.
 
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I don't care what they think politically as long as they take care of me when I get older. I told them this already and I want golfing holidays, among other things.

They had better earn a great income because I expect a lot...
 
Apparently it's the nice ones you have to watch out for...:shock:

It's those sweet quiet English Bulldogs that you have watch out for. They give you those sweet puppy eyes when in front of you and bite you hard in the butt when you turn around.
 
I don't care what they think politically as long as they take care of me when I get older. I told them this already and I want golfing holidays, among other things.

They had better earn a great income because I expect a lot...

Amen with that. I told mine that I've paid for their education as an investment, and that since I changed their diapers as babies, they would have to change mine later.
 
It's those sweet quiet English Bulldogs that you have watch out for. They give you those sweet puppy eyes when in front of you and bite you hard in the butt when you turn around.

Yes. They are trained attack dogs. They attack with really smelly farts, and slobber.

I learned a long time ago not to be late with their dinner. :lol:
 
As a parent how important to you is whether or not your kids when they grow up (or if they are already), sharing the same or very similar political and ideological beliefs that you have?
I raised my daughters to be independent.
 
Amen with that. I told mine that I've paid for their education as an investment, and that since I changed their diapers as babies, they would have to change mine later.

Same here...
 
Hey, whoever said I was nice?!?!?!? You take that back!!

Cat fight boys! I imagine it is happening with feather dusters and giggling...
 
Yes. They are trained attack dogs. They attack with really smelly farts, and slobber.

I learned a long time ago not to be late with their dinner. :lol:

I have a cat that does that. Miss dinner time by more than an hour, and get ready to have her jump on your lap and let one fly. She purrs as she does it, which just adds insult to injury.
 
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I raised my daughters to be independent.

Where exactly is de pendent? I've heard of a lot of people being in it, but I've never seen it or found it? I've been indeyard and even indedoghouse when I make Yes Ma'am mad, but I found my way out both times.
 
I have a cat that does that. Miss dinner time by more than an hour, and get ready to have her jump on your lap and let one fly. She purrs as she does it, which just adds insult to injury.

My little fatties won't let me miss their dinner. If I do, they go stand by their food dishes and just stare at me 'til I get up. They are so funny. Reminds me of Chunk in the Goonies, when Sloth was going nuts over the Baby Ruth? "Sheesh, dude, you're even hungrier than I am!" That's the way they are - each is always hungrier than the other. Makes for interesting meal times. :lol:
 
As a parent how important to you is whether or not your kids when they grow up (or if they are already), sharing the same or very similar political and ideological beliefs that you have?

My son is still pretty young to know about politics so I dont know if there's any differences. I myself dont care what his political (or even religious affiliation) will be- he is free to choose whatever he wants to believe in. However, he seems to imitate me in everything I do (sleeping only in my boxers, dipping fries in ketchup, etc.) so it remains to be seen...
 
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