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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer
I actually called my dad last night and thanked him for raising me to look at both sides, objectively. For always explaining to me why he was voting the way he did, why he agreed/disagreed with a particular candidate over the issues. For never blanketly saying "I just don't trust him" or "I have a bad feeling about her". For never bad-mouthing "the other guy". For showing me by example that just because he didn't agree with something they were still our elected officials and deserved respect.
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Originally Posted by scaeagles
Part of parenting is passing along your morals and values to your children while they are young, trying to guide them in the direction you see best, hoping they will see the world the way you do when they get older, but understanding that they may not.
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Guess I better call my dad back and tell him he screwed up by raising a daughter who can form independent thoughts separate from what he believes.
At least we know he screwed up when I was young and he started explaining the political process in very basic terms.