Parents now-a-days at least in the West give choices to their kids re. their preferences for example what food they'd like to eat, what clothes they'd like to wear or even buy and when they grow up on whom they marry.
I heard from my brother that perhaps even some parents in India are also changing with the times and instead of dictating to their kids allow them the freedom of choice, at least in certain matters.
Which is a good thing.
What beats me is that when kids are allowed choices in a lot of matters why not in religion too? Why do most parents still insist that their kids have to follow the same religious beliefs as them?
Hence a Christian parent would "indoctrinate/brain-wash" their kids in Christian teachings, a Muslim parent in Muslim teachings , a Hindu parent in ....; you get the picture.
Why not expose a kid to different religious belief systems and let the kid choose for himself/herself the same way they choose the flavor of their favorite ice-cream!
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I agree! My mother and many of her family members are deeply religious Hindus. My father is an atheist and some of his family are communists at heart. I went through 'being' and not practising all of the above and decided not to believe in instituionalised religion.
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