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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not trying to play gotcha. I'm trying to distinguish different parenting approaches to spirituality and religious education.

If you don't like the term indoctrination for the subset of practices I'm specifically calling out, then explain why the term isn't appropriate and why my reaction to it is wrong.

I've been consistent about which practices I've called indoctrination and, as I also keep noting, there are parents involved in this conversation who take a much more open ended and, I would say, respectful, approach to their children's spiritual development and religious education.

If you think the parents using the methods I've called indoctrination are actually doing something open minded that supports their children's education and spiritual growth - whatever path those children chose, then I'm open to hearing how I've misinterpreted what seems to be a dedicated effort to cause their children to believe exactly what, and in the way, that their parents believe.

If, on the other hand, you just don't like the word because you don't like the way it feels when it's applied to what you're doing with your kids, then perhaps you need to look at why the word stings, not the word itself. [/quote]

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