If you can get your kids there without a book, all the best to you!
I was raised catholic, but how I make decisions is still based on how I observed my parents, when I was young.
When I was a teenager, I had a few questions that I needed an answer to, or more specifically, determine my position, such as "abortion, good or bad?". I used my common sense, which didn't include asking my parents, even though I could have.
I think that a lot of the behavior is indeed learned from parents, but not all parents are wisest of all, and let me tell you, it's quite an experience to go through the realization that you're at the point where you're about to (or already have) pass them.
I'm observing this between my stepdaughter (age 15) and my wife, and they get into colorful arguments. My wife comes from a broken home, with an abusing father. I don't think she realizes the extent of what she missed, coming from that environment.
Life is life, from each one of our perspectives.
Nobody is perfect, and life is a continous effort to improve oneself. That's the way I see it.:shrug:
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