Homeschooling

[bluebooger]

I think your inclusion of Westerner in the first sentence is a mistake. Westerner would definitely not think it's wrong to indoctrinate children.

My position is that very young children are incapable of making any kind of decision about which religion they'd like to follow, if any. If their right to choose is to be respected, they need time to develop first...

very young children are incapable of making many kinds of decisions about what's good for them

parents aren't supposed to respect the their child's right to choose
they're supposed to choose for them

if we let children choose then they'd stay up all night; never take a bath; never brush their teeth; eat candy, cake and ice cream for every meal; never put on shoes when they go outside; eat stuff they find on the floor; never go to school; ... and on and on

parents are supposed to parent
they are supposed to make choices for their child specifically because they child cannot
some parents make bad choices
but they should be the ones making the choices, not the children

hopefully parents teach their children to share; not to bully other children; not to take things that don't belong to them; to clean up after themselves and so on

would anyone tell a parent "You shouldn't teach YOUR child YOUR morality. Your child should be allowed to explore and make decisions for themselves about what is right and wrong."

that's basically what you're telling a parent when you tell them they're [/i]indoctrinating[/i] their child and they shouldn't teach them their values and morals

if a child's parents are republicans and their child asks "why is that person sleeping on the street?" then the parents have the right to give a answer based on their beliefs
is that indoctrination ?
or is it just parents passing on knowledge to their child

if a child's parents are democrats and their child asks "why is that person sleeping on the street?" then the parents have the right to give a answer based on their beliefs
is that indoctrination ?
or is it just parents passing on knowledge to their child

you can bet the democrat parents and the republican parents are giving contradictory answers
and each is thinking "oh, that poor misinformed child"

but it's the parents job to teach their children and answer these kinds of questions

if a child's parents are religious and their child asks "why is that person sleeping on the street?" then the parents have the right to give a answer based on their beliefs, even if their beliefs are based on religion

my 8 year old nephew is a disgusting little racist
he learned it mostly from his father, but also from his mom
I don't like what they teach him but I'm sure not going to say they don't have the right to raise their child the way they want
I also don't like that they let him have soft drinks EVERY meal
"really ? you let him drink a can of coca cola for breakfast ? every day ? "
I guess they're just respecting his right to choose

but I see it as being bad parents for not choosing for him
but, that's their choice

god bless america LOL