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Marilyn F's avatar

Haha!!! Same here. You didn’t steer your daughter in a political direction. But, I did.

I was an active conservative and enlisted my kids in campaigns . I figured it backfired which accounts for at least one of my kids becoming radically liberal.

No matter the approach, we probably have little influence on our children because our society has much more.

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Bailey's avatar

Homeschool. Peer pressure is the surrounding family. 🤷

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Howard Skillington's avatar

Research suggests that by age ten our kids are more influenced by their peers than they will ever be by adults again,

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Lugh's avatar

Close the schools. The people will benefit a hundred-fold - Lao Tzu

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Moistened Bint's avatar

I've said for decades, I'd rather have my kids raised by wolves than be victims of the public schools.

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JohnAZ's avatar

The first question you should ask is to explain why they believe what they do. Then rip them apart with truths.

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Moistened Bint's avatar

Wrong again, JAZ. You start out with proper education. The rest follows seamlessly.

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JohnAZ's avatar

Yeah, I think I was thinking more of confronting adults with really dumb beliefs. You are right about education. What the kids get today is not a proper education.

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JohnAZ's avatar

Howard. By age six, parental “programming” is over, most of personality is in place. All the stuff that is blamed on schools is in place before school starts. Parents!!!!!!

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Drew Currah's avatar

Thre is no solver bullet in this paradigm

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