Comments on: Rites of Passage http://balancedmeltingpot.com/2008/08/11/rites-of-passage/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:20:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Deborah http://balancedmeltingpot.com/2008/08/11/rites-of-passage/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Deborah Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:54:03 +0000 http://balancedmeltingpot.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-17 "My kids don’t have to addopt my culture as long as they are aware of it, educated about it and respect it." Wow! I think all of us should prepare ourselves for that possibility and realize that it doesn't indicate failure. “My kids don’t have to addopt my culture as long as they are aware of it, educated about it and respect it.”

Wow! I think all of us should prepare ourselves for that possibility and realize that it doesn’t indicate failure.

]]> By: Fritz G. Fanfan http://balancedmeltingpot.com/2008/08/11/rites-of-passage/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Fritz G. Fanfan Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:49:22 +0000 http://balancedmeltingpot.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-16 I am a great believer in education. Knowledge is power! Once anyone, my kids included, is knowlegeable enough on a specific topic and is able to make a consciencious decision again based on that "knowledge" then, age is not a factor. Our jobs as parents is to lay a strong foundation for our kids to build on. However, at the same time, we must allow them to explore different architectures of the world and come up with their own design. That's the only way they can fully enjoy that beautiful house call "Life" simply because it is their own. My kids don't have to addopt my culture as long as they are aware of it, educated about it and respect it. I am a great believer in education. Knowledge is power! Once anyone, my kids included, is knowlegeable enough on a specific topic and is able to make a consciencious decision again based on that “knowledge” then, age is not a factor. Our jobs as parents is to lay a strong foundation for our kids to build on. However, at the same time, we must allow them to explore different architectures of the world and come up with their own design. That’s the only way they can fully enjoy that beautiful house call “Life” simply because it is their own. My kids don’t have to addopt my culture as long as they are aware of it, educated about it and respect it.

]]> By: Deborah http://balancedmeltingpot.com/2008/08/11/rites-of-passage/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Deborah Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:14:24 +0000 http://balancedmeltingpot.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-15 You make a great analogy using professions and how who we are and what we do inevitably get taught to our children. Since you are passing down your knowledge to them, at what age do you let them make their own decisions about religion? Also, if they choose a religion different from yours, will you feel that they have also rejected a bit of your/their culture? You make a great analogy using professions and how who we are and what we do inevitably get taught to our children. Since you are passing down your knowledge to them, at what age do you let them make their own decisions about religion? Also, if they choose a religion different from yours, will you feel that they have also rejected a bit of your/their culture?

]]> By: Fritz G. Fanfan http://balancedmeltingpot.com/2008/08/11/rites-of-passage/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Fritz G. Fanfan Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:57:17 +0000 http://balancedmeltingpot.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-14 This is such a wonderful topic that I could write and comment on forever and I will but today I will say just this. I was born and raise in the Catholic Religion. Today, I am still Catholic but "by choice". No one should feel pressure by anything in order to make a decision. Decisions are made upon knowledge and logic. It is my duty to pass down to my children knowledge, experience and anything that I feel necessary to make the path of life bigger and brighter for them. If I were a doctor and my wife a lawyer, science and law would be the topics most discussed in the house. Why should it be different for religion? I will come back to this topic and say a lot more, for now I have to sign out. See you again soon and keep up the good work. This is such a wonderful topic that I could write and comment on forever and I will but today I will say just this. I was born and raise in the Catholic Religion. Today, I am still Catholic but “by choice”. No one should feel pressure by anything in order to make a decision. Decisions are made upon knowledge and logic. It is my duty to pass down to my children knowledge, experience and anything that I feel necessary to make the path of life bigger and brighter for them. If I were a doctor and my wife a lawyer, science and law would be the topics most discussed in the house. Why should it be different for religion? I will come back to this topic and say a lot more, for now I have to sign out. See you again soon and keep up the good work.

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