I hear to many so called conservative parents tell me you can't give your children advice or tell them what they do.
Why not as long as the advice is good and solid you should be giving them advice.
If they don't take that is their problem.
it is a liberal ideal not to give your children good advice so they can fill their heads with liberal mush.
People are socialists. That's not nice to say around here, but there's some truth in it. Once we identify with a group--that will be our magnet and orientation for life. Spending time with children is the primary condition for making home life the social solace of the human person. As parents we risk losing if we don't compete with other forms of identity.
Let's make list of what makes home the first choice of social identity:
1. good food
2. laughter
3. great stories
2. warmth and cleanliness
Anybody care to add?
It's amazing what lengths people will go to strive becoming a member of a social group!