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1 | Help with rebellious college age duagher | Eph 6:4 | Chesapapeake Brother | 79230 | ||
I'm sort of trying to figure out how these threads work, so I hope this ends up in the right place. I am very open to the idea that I may have failed my daughter at some level that I am blind to. In such a case I will robustly ask for forgiveness. I have no problem with that. I have told my daughter "absolutely NO" only twice in her life. Once was when she wanted to go to a very liberal college in NYC that was completely self-directed. For her own career goals, I wanted her to get an undergraduate degree in a classical path as her long term goal is to get a Ph.D. from an ivy league University in some field in English and teach at university level. She did not fight me on that and goes to a very respectable secular liberal arts college. Her desire to live with any man (not dorm environment, but share apartment) is the second time I have said absolutely NO. It appears, at this point, that she has chosen to make this a line in the sand in which she probably has no intention of backing down. I think she considers my view of homosexuality as a sexual expression disobedient to God's revelation as moronic fundamentalism (I consider myself to be an evangelical, but certainly not a fundamentalist). As a health care professional, I have personally cared for many HIV patients in hospice programs and have always treated homosexuals with kindness and respect. I don't condone "fag hating" but refuse to see this as equivalent to a civil rights issue. Our family has always enjoyed close friendships with multi-cultural families, many of whom were some of my daughters chief playmates. In many ways, I am real confused right now. To answer an earlier question, I am providing my daughter with a college education so she will be able to make a living, care for herself, and hopefully give to others. Fortunately, I am in a position where I can afford to do this (though it is a stretch and a sacrifice.) Thanks for the input Michael |
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2 | Help with rebellious college age duagher | Eph 6:4 | Searcher56 | 79238 | ||
Michael, You did post in the correct place. I forgot to commend you that you are praying. My daughter and I have problems. I need to do whatever to not cause problems. But, we need to say no ... the book of Proverbs backs me up. They will make choices ... hopefully they will come to us for advice ... we need to show them our side and even dangers of the other side. We need to encourage each other to see both (all) sides ... write it down. Steve ... Searcher78@aol.com |
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