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I think about this everyday, because it is very real for me and my son. I challenge him. Anything he says that I discern as regurgitating the thoughts or dogma of peers, deluded adults, media, wierwillian stupidity... I ask him questions, I challenge him, I challenge the dogma, the opinions. I don't necessarily provide answers, because he gets enough "answers." The questions are what others are NOT "teaching" him. Even if I agree with an idea he regurgitates, I ask him, "Says who? How did they come up with that? How do they know? How do YOU know? Why is the opposite false? Why? How?..." I try to challenge him to think about ideas, their source, what they mean. He sees and hears so much of WHAT. What to believe, to think, to know. So I challenge him to think about WHY he should accept any of it. I don't always tell him outright WHAT to think, rather, I try to help him HOW to think. I try. Occasionally, he will text me something he sees on social media. And he will simply ask, "BS?" This always warms my heart. He is 13. I always provide an answer. I haven't yet taught him how to correctly spell beleeef, but one day I will.

I'm not trolling. It's possible I don't understand what kind of answers you're looking for. You do your best to guide them in understanding how to think for themselves and advise them on what is and what isn't acceptable behavior. What happens next is a crap shoot. What you don't want to do is hand those responsibilities over to someone who may not share the same values as you and may tell them what to think rather than teach them how to think..

"Feelings come and go, the word of Gawd abideth forever" . . . Or something False Dichotomy Feelings do come and go *tosses Bible into bon fire* . . . *phoof* . . . Didn't last forever "The Word" means something different to everyone. Therefore as subjective as feelings. . . . Maybe Invalidation doesn't work as well if you're not seeking it

Okay, to innocuoate your own kids you need to have parental rights. Then once you have rights, exercise them. Once they become adults, that's up to them.

Sing with me, now... "I'm so glad I'm a part Of the fa...." Hey! Just a cotton pickin' minute!