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Originally Posted by idi banashapan
Forget any assumptions... By the definition of indoctrinating, are you indoctrinating your children into your faith by using any of the 6 principles of influence I have listed in this thread in a manner that removes choice from the child?
Not 'in you opinion'. No convoluted, riddled answers. No disclaimers. But by definition of 'indoctrinating', and referencing the 6 principles?
Let's just cut all the beating around the bush and finally get a yes/no answer.
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Idi, life is not a psychology textbook. I think your six principles are rather besides the point - as is your perjorative use of the word "indoctrination". (It does also have a non-perjorative sense but I get the impression you don't mean it that way - this may be why Russ is refusing to engage with you over it).
Children get more choices as they get older. In some areas they get choice when they themselves ask for it. To ask whether a chid being brought up in a faith is in that situation without "choice" is as meaningless as asking whether that same child is getting fish and chips for tea without "choice".
I can only repeat what I have already repeated multiple times in this thread: parents make choices for their kids. Clothes, food, holiday destinations, football teams and, yes, religion. This is what normal family life looks like. There is nothing sinister, manipulative or power-crazed about it.