Tolerating Different Opinions and Values Within a Family

One of the things we try to do as parents is to impart our value systems on our children. Of course, they are individuals and tend to grow up and formulate their own opinions and ideas about the world—sometimes taking on our values, and sometimes coming up with some of their own. Many of you know that all of my children are currently teenagers and they are little opinion machines right now. Part of my world, as a parent to teens, is to learn how to and foster some tolerance around all of these differing opinions and ideas that are … Continue reading