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Why I "Indoctrinate" My Children

Looking back over the last ten years, I can chart my own maturation by the way I interact with people on the Internet.  Though I have much room to grow, I find that I have made progress in the way that I respond to the meaningless insults and false accusations that get thrown around so carelessly in the world of social media.  Occasionally, however, I do, as my brother-in-law would say, resemble their remarks.  The other day I was accused of indoctrinating my children.  This enlightened individual couldn't believe that I would force my religion upon my child.  It is, you see, very en vogue to allow your children to be free of the restraints of their parents' traditions and beliefs.  We should let them grow up with no established belief system and let them decide what they believe is true when they're older.  I am backwards for not agreeing with this progressive concept.  At first I was offended by the accusation that I indoctrinate my children, bu...