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Question For Parents

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

  • I lean conservative and I want my kids to lean conservative as well.

    Votes: 6 13.6%

  • I lean conservatives and I want my kids to arrive at their own political beliefs.

    Votes: 12 27.3%

  • I lean liberal and I want my kids to lean liberal as well.

    Votes: 1 2.3%

  • I lean liberal and I want my kids to arrive at their own political beliefs.

    Votes: 8 18.2%

  • I lean libertarian and I my kids to lean libertarian as well.

    Votes: 1 2.3%

  • I lean libertarian and I want my kids to arrive at their own political beliefs.

    Votes: 16 36.4%
  • Total voters
    44

SouthernDemocrat said:
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?
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I’m a conservative Libertarian and it’s important that my girls have the same political beliefs that I do. I think some incorrectly believe that political beliefs are malleable and can change with the winds and, thusly, are unimportant.

This is not the case.

Political beliefs--like religious beliefs--are critical to the individuals future. Both determine if their lives will be one spent in Heaven or Hell.

I was speaking to a young woman about a month ago about what a piece of crap Obama is and she smiled and expressed that she thought he was a great President but that was “just her opinion”.

She was wrong, of course, but not just about Obama being a great President but also about it being “just her opinion”. Her opinion is a product of her beliefs and her beliefs are formed based on her ability to think properly.

And for her to think that Obama is a good President reflects that she is unable (or unwilling) to think critically.

So is it important that my girls share my beliefs.

Yes, because it is important to me that they think critically.
 
I try to instill liberal values in my children and would hope that they will grow up to espouse those values. However, I feel stronger that they are entitled to their own beliefs and freedom to choose their own way.
 
The Baron said:



I’m a conservative Libertarian and it’s important that my girls have the same political beliefs that I do. I think some incorrectly believe that political beliefs are malleable and can change with the winds and, thusly, are unimportant.

This is not the case.

Political beliefs--like religious beliefs--are critical to the individuals future. Both determine if their lives will be one spent in Heaven or Hell.

I was speaking to a young woman about a month ago about what a piece of crap Obama is and she smiled and expressed that she thought he was a great President but that was “just her opinion”.

She was wrong, of course, but not just about Obama being a great President but also about it being “just her opinion”. Her opinion is a product of her beliefs and her beliefs are formed based on her ability to think properly.

And for her to think that Obama is a good President reflects that she is unable (or unwilling) to think critically.

So is it important that my girls share my beliefs.

Yes, because it is important to me that they think critically.
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LOL.....this post just clearly demonstrated to everyone what your true "values and beliefs" are. Hopefully your children won't pick that up from you.
 
TeleKat said:
Oh my, Superfly. I never knew you had a dark side. :lol:
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When you become a parent you will see that is not a dark side, but a needed measure sometimes.
 
As a conservative I would love for my daughter to hold the same values as I do. I have serious doubt she will be as conservative as I am and that's ok too. I want her to be her own person and live her life as she see's fit. I have done my part and it's up to her to take what I have taught her and migrate that into what she want's out of life. I will always be there for her to ask for guidance, but as smart as she is I doubt she asks for much of it.
 
disneydude said:
I try to instill liberal values in my children and would hope that they will grow up to espouse those values. However, I feel stronger that they are entitled to their own beliefs and freedom to choose their own way.
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Exactly. While I want nothing more than for my girls to feel the same way I do about things, I'd rather they be able to think on their own.
 
What i want is immaterial.
all i can do is explain my view and kid will take it from there.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
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?
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Not at all, I just want them to think for themselves and if their conclusions are different than mine, so be it. However, they didn't end up straying too far cause they know dad was right. :lol:
 
lifeisshort said:
Liberal and ethics are oxymoron's.
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Not at all. Political liberalism is no more an indicator of ethics than is political conservatism. Ethics is a degree of honesty and integrity that a person holds. It has to do with personal conduct. I have a very good male friend who is liberal, who is highly ethical- among the top ten of all the people I have ever known. I was married to a conservative man, who was highly ethical- also among the top ten of all the people I have known. My son, who is (as I mentioned earlier) more liberal than I (and I am socially liberal for the most part) is one of the most outstanding men I've ever seen. When he was young, I had my doubts. He went through a pretty rough spell when I didn't know if he would even survive to adulthood, but he has surpassed my expectations by far. You may not know any liberals whom you consider ethical. I can assure that they do indeed exist, and that I have had the extreme pleasure of knowing them.
 
lizzie said:
Not at all. Political liberalism is no more an indicator of ethics than is political conservatism. Ethics is a degree of honesty and integrity that a person holds. It has to do with personal conduct. I have a very good male friend who is liberal, who is highly ethical- among the top ten of all the people I have ever known. I was married to a conservative man, who was highly ethical- also among the top ten of all the people I have known. My son, who is (as I mentioned earlier) more liberal than I (and I am socially liberal for the most part) is one of the most outstanding men I've ever seen. When he was young, I had my doubts. He went through a pretty rough spell when I didn't know if he would even survive to adulthood, but he has surpassed my expectations by far. You may not know any liberals whom you consider ethical. I can assure that they do indeed exist, and that I have had the extreme pleasure of knowing them.
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Fair points but I guess what I mean is that to espouse liberalism you have to be dishonest with yourself first and everyone else second.
 
lifeisshort said:
Fair points but I guess what I mean is that to espouse liberalism you have to be dishonest with yourself first and everyone else second.
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No, that is not the case either. Liberalism is a good thing, if it's true liberalism. The problem is, what many in our culture believe is liberalism, isn't liberal at all, but just authoritarianism under a different guise. The founders of the country were liberals of their day. Unfortunately, today, American liberalism means that you support big government and social programs that are breaking us financially. That's not the liberalism of which I speak.
 
lizzie said:
No, that is not the case either. Liberalism is a good thing, if it's true liberalism. The problem is, what many in our culture believe is liberalism, isn't liberal at all, but just authoritarianism under a different guise. The founders of the country were liberals of their day. Unfortunately, today, American liberalism means that you support big government and social programs that are breaking us financially. That's not the liberalism of which I speak.
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To me liberalism means things like thinking America is the bad guy in the world and being anti American family values and being a radical environmentalist but that's just me.
 
Eh.


Kids like to do anything their parents don't want them to. And besides. They're not gonna get that interested in politics until they're out of the house anyway.
 
lifeisshort said:
To me liberalism means things like thinking America is the bad guy in the world and being anti American family values and being a radical environmentalist but that's just me.
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Then you are misinformed, as is much of the US population. Liberalism isn't the enemy. Liberalism (the real deal) is the foundation for this nation's founding. American liberals are often just authoritarians with a different agenda than the religious right.
 
lizzie said:
Then you are misinformed, as is much of the US population. Liberalism isn't the enemy. Liberalism (the real deal) is the foundation for this nation's founding. American liberals are often just authoritarians with a different agenda than the religious right.
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The history of liberalism is irrelevant. In the here and now it is what I said it is
 
lifeisshort said:
The history of liberalism is irrelevant. In the here and now it is what I said it is
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THat is the type of attitude that is taking us down the path toward a more authoritarian state. Words and definitions matter. When we can't even speak intelligently, it shows that we have become stupid, and are satisfied in our ignorance.
 
lizzie said:
THat is the type of attitude that is taking us down the path toward a more authoritarian state. Words and definitions matter. When we can't even speak intelligently, it shows that we have become stupid, and are satisfied in our ignorance.
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I fail to see your logic here.My attitude as you put it is an honest assessment of liberalism.Tell me exactly where I am mistaken if you please
 
KevinKohler said:
Eh.


Kids like to do anything their parents don't want them to. And besides. They're not gonna get that interested in politics until they're out of the house anyway.
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That isn't necessarily so. It wasn't true of me or of my kids either.
 
CanadaJohn said:
As a parent, I would have been deliriously happy had my son simply had the good fortune to grow up. Things like political beliefs are so petty and minor in the big scheme of things.
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Yes, they are when you understand what, blessedly, very few people do, sigh.
 
lifeisshort said:
I fail to see your logic here.My attitude as you put it is an honest assessment of liberalism.Tell me exactly where I am mistaken if you please
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You seem to be mistaken as to the definition of liberalism. I am going to assume that you are of sufficient age that if you don't already understand what my point is, you probably won't understand it later. Americans have largely assigned the wrong political description to democrats Many of them are not liberals, in that they want to maximize government intervention and control into the lives of the individual. Some of the right does the same things, especially in regard to the issue of abortion and drug legalization. The two are merely two sides of the same coin, and liberalism isn't the definition which applies.
 
lizzie said:
You seem to be mistaken as to the definition of liberalism. I am going to assume that you are of sufficient age that if you don't already understand what my point is, you probably won't understand it later. Americans have largely assigned the wrong political description to democrats Many of them are not liberals, in that they want to maximize government intervention and control into the lives of the individual. Some of the right does the same things, especially in regard to the issue of abortion and drug legalization. The two are merely two sides of the same coin, and liberalism isn't the definition which applies.
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OK now I get your point.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
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?
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If I had kids I would prefer for them to be conservative.
 
Being a socialist and from a conservative family, I want my kids to explore their own beliefs. Ill answer any questions they have about politics, but they should have their own beliefs (that is if i ever have kids)
 
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