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From: Norma Jean <nsawicki>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 13:01:15 -0500
Donna writes: I would also like to see books who show young people who truly evaluate and, in some cases, reject the religion of their parents and communities.
Such a book(s) would be interesting if well done but in real life, and from experience, what you suggest is an incredibly difficult hard road for even a mature teenager; it is a road fraught with guilt as well as other difficult emotions. Without rebellion, teenagers do not, and cannot, become separated from their parents but the usual teenage rebellion is different from rejecting the religion of one's parents. Many kids stop going to church, the synagogue, and their parents look the other way which to my way of thinking, is enough at that age. Time enough for changing or rejecting the religion of one's parents when one is over eighteen and becomes increasingly more experienced in the world. Norma Jean
Received on Sat 25 Jun 2005 01:01:15 PM CDT
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 13:01:15 -0500
Donna writes: I would also like to see books who show young people who truly evaluate and, in some cases, reject the religion of their parents and communities.
Such a book(s) would be interesting if well done but in real life, and from experience, what you suggest is an incredibly difficult hard road for even a mature teenager; it is a road fraught with guilt as well as other difficult emotions. Without rebellion, teenagers do not, and cannot, become separated from their parents but the usual teenage rebellion is different from rejecting the religion of one's parents. Many kids stop going to church, the synagogue, and their parents look the other way which to my way of thinking, is enough at that age. Time enough for changing or rejecting the religion of one's parents when one is over eighteen and becomes increasingly more experienced in the world. Norma Jean
Received on Sat 25 Jun 2005 01:01:15 PM CDT
