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No Vested Interest

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1. Having adult children whose religious and political beliefs differ from my own,

Reply to rug (Original post)

Mon Feb 20, 2017, 02:19 PM

Feb 2017

I agree with the thesis of adults disagreeing but continuing a loving relationship.

I haven't read the book cited, but believe that familial love is greater than our differences, and is to be nourished, for life is too short to be without it, and, in the end, which matters most - love or partisan thought.

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The enduring bond between an evangelical father and his humanist son [View all] rug Feb 2017 OP

Having adult children whose religious and political beliefs differ from my own, No Vested Interest Feb 2017 #1

Yeah. If you cut your children off, who won't you cut off? rug Feb 2017 #2

Besides, as I grow older I'm really beginning to need them No Vested Interest Feb 2017 #3

I hope we don't get to the point where our children are the replacement for Social Security. rug Feb 2017 #4