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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are you allowing your daughter to do activities on sunday but not your son? You won't change your schedule because it messes up DDs activities but you DGAF about DS sports? Why is DDs so much more important?[/quote]

DDs activity is year round and was prearranged around church. We've been able to do Saturdays or Sunday afternoon as well for DC for a while but as he's advanced and wanting to be with friends, it's now overlapped with Sunday mornings pretty regularly. DC is evolving with his dedication to his sport and his unwillingness to attend church and I'm trying to tread carefully so he has a say in how he spends his time without compromising his relationship with God.[/quote]

I really hope you don't use the term "his relationship with God" around your teen.  You sound reasonable, but when you use that phrase it makes me think you are a little out there in terms of religion and your teen probably senses that as well.[/quote]

Out of curiosity, what do you think religion is?  For me the core of religion is a relationship with God.  I don’t love all the personal Jesus stuff from a while back, but prayer, church, almsgiving, doing good works… the tenets of faith, they are building blocks in my relationship with God.  [/quote]

I think it is a useful set of ethics and morals to lead a good life.  What you describe above doesn't sound at all like a "relationship with God"...which again, I don't understand the term and a teen that is already questioning much of this, doesn't understand either.  Unless you are willing to be OK with your teen saying their relationship with God is weak or non-existent which I doubt anyone using that term is willing to accept.

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