Kids, Politics and Religion.

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You can't force your kids to believe anything. They are their own individuals, and will have their own opinions no matter what. You will steer your kids one way or another, by your actions, not your words. You can force them away, or keep them close.

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Exactly.I taught my daughter my values and explained them, but I didn't condemn her for having different opinions in her late teen years and early adulthood. Now that she is working and a mother she is starting to see why I have the values I have and sounds more like her mother everyday. I went through the same cycle with my parents. As an adult I found I didn't always agree with my father's opinion, but he didn't disown me or belittle me for disagreeing.My daughter has friends in their early 20's whose parents have a strangle hold on them. Laying guilt trips on them for behaving differently or having a different opinion than their parents.She appreciates me now.