Richard R. Ramos argues parents should teach kids to question everything, including TV, schools, and religious leaders. Authority figures often demand blind obedience, but the right way to use power is to encourage skepticism and independent thought.
This is very important. We're teaching them to think for themselves. See, a lot of authority figures, when, when they're abusive, you know, like cults or even people that are in positions— well, positions of authority, I don't want to, um, misspeak here— they do not— they, they don't want dissension. They don't want to hear another opinion, you know. They just, they don't want their, their followers to think. They just want them to follow and do what they're told. No way, okay? Proper use of authority that we are using as moms and dads, we're teaching our children to think for themselves. Not everything you hear on TV is true. Not everything you're learning in school is true. Not everything your teacher, professor, pastor but hopefully not pastors, but sometimes it's true. It's not right. It's not true.
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