Peace and Love
2006-07-17 08:45:54 · 20 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
children learn by watching, you need to really do nothing, always support them, one because thats what your there for and two by your support is another way for them to learn right from wrong..Bring hem up to have there own minds not that of others and in time it will make them better people, who are able to think for themselves... ROB
2006-07-17 08:52:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may have created your children, but god knows there not going to be a complete mini you! Each and every person is different in many ways and instilling the mindset of a free spirit may be what you want them to be but not necessarily theirs. Let them be them, and you being a parent, the biggest role in any child's life, you must support them no matter what. Let them grow up with their own beliefs that's what makes us all beautiful!
2006-07-17 08:50:31 · answer #2 · answered by Ri Ri 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am the mother of 5. We instill in our children what we are, whether we want to or not. The key is to make sure they have enough information to make their own choices. They cannot choose what they have never heard of...so be open to letting them explore things that you yourself may not have considered or may have decided against. If they have questions, regarding say God or drugs...don't just give them your beliefs, but use the internet or library to find other opinions, and let them make their own decisions. Of course, all this must be age appropriate information. Always support you children as they need, but that means say "no" when their decision could be dangerous. I hope this is helpful.
2006-07-17 08:54:32 · answer #3 · answered by Deb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should always support your children as they need. Not all your children will have the same needs, some will need a lot of boundaries to feel secure, while others may not.
Follow their lead their actions will dictate what they need. Allow them to discover who they are, & what they believe, or want to be. I have two adult children, 1-28 male & 1-25 female, they are so different, my son always went his own way, while my daughter to this day still needs a lot of approvel from us. We have always supported them in their directions which they chose and loved them unconditionally.
I hope this helps!
2006-07-17 08:58:58 · answer #4 · answered by amom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do both. you have to be attentive to who they are, but you can also show them the joy of being a free spirit. They are who they are, but at the same time, your influence will be tremendous on them. As a parent, you have the added responsibility of guiding your children, so i would tip the scale more towards the side of you instilling your free spiritedness on them.
2006-07-17 08:49:08 · answer #5 · answered by lavatsunami 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Instill in them a sense of respect for others and some common sense and you're all set
Good for you free spirit.
2006-07-17 08:48:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cool Question...
I can only answer with what my wife and I are doing with our children. You see I’m Pagan and my wife is Christian so we’ve talked about it a lot. We didn’t want to confuse our kids but at the same time we wanted to share our values with them.
So here is what we’re doing.
We’re teaching them there are many paths to knowing the divine and that the most important thing for them to remember is that the divine loves them unconditionally. My wife mainly refers to deity as God and I’ll use Goddess or God or Green Lady. When we ask a blessing before meals we’ll often say, Father/Mother God or Mother/Father God. I attend Church with my family most every Sunday to support them and my Wife and Kids will attend Sabbats & Esbats with me (My coven is open to them since they respect my/our paths). We tell our kids that there are a lot of different ways to honor the divine/God and that mom and dad just do it a little differently but we’re doing the same thing.
The kids seem to like both so it’s working out well. So I guess to answer your question, I’d say the best thing to do is give your kids as much information as they want and let them make their own decisions.
Pax,
Pablito
2006-07-17 09:01:04 · answer #7 · answered by Pablito 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are going to be a rolemodel to your children through the support that you need to give them. Care for them and they will be "free spirit"s as well. Whatever that means.
2006-07-17 08:48:38 · answer #8 · answered by Pendergast 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let them find their own paths and be supportive of where they go, allow them to see the different religons and spirtaulity may come to them as well,
Good luck and best wishes!
2006-07-17 08:53:20 · answer #9 · answered by R.R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Support them as they need.
2006-07-17 08:47:56 · answer #10 · answered by gg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋