Reply #129: It's called socializing, and we all do it [View All]

[LeahMira]

I feel like it's my job as mom to teach my children (what I believe to be) right from wrong.

That's different from teaching them your religion or passing on your religious beliefs. If your sentences generally start with "God says..." then you are passing on religious beliefs. If your sentences generally start with "I've found that..." then you are passing on the benefit of your own experience.


I suspect most people here have no problem teaching their children their political beliefs.

Children may know which political party each of their parents prefers, but I think that telling your children what sort of society you think is more just and explaining why you think that is not necessarily teaching them your political beliefs. OTOH, if you tell them that "in this family, we have always been Democrats" you're getting into a whole different thing.