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The great thing about my wife is that she NEVER says to my son, "we behave this way" or "do, or don't, do this" because God does not want us to" or "because it will make Baby Jesus cry" or similar stupid shit... because you have inserted a fail system into that person's moral/ethical system.
So, when they have their series of religious questionings/epiphanies during their early teens they will not feel like they don't have a moral base.
While in therapy in my teens I saw so much of this it was very scary.
Your ethical/moral base/system does not have to be based in your faith, they just have to work together... in fact if that is the case, I think that strengthens both. It is a system of checks and balances.
But, at the same time, we don't (& won't) say damaging crap like "because we said so".
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