I have a 6 year old, and her father just happens to be muslim. We have been divorced for several years but he is trying to make her a "good little muslim girl." I do my very best to help her develop her own thoughts and ways of thinking.
I asked her a few weeks ago if she thought the she would be a muslim, her reply? "Maybe not after my daddy dies." So that kind of proves to me that she already feels like she has to be a certain way to please him, but she also thinks it's bullshit. I can only hope that the influence I have on her and her making up her own mind will, in time, herald the right result. Of course, I want her to come to her own conclusions and make up her mind. Ultimately, the decision to be any religion, or no religion at all, will be up to her.
I asked her a few weeks ago if she thought the she would be a muslim, her reply? "Maybe not after my daddy dies." So that kind of proves to me that she already feels like she has to be a certain way to please him, but she also thinks it's bullshit. I can only hope that the influence I have on her and her making up her own mind will, in time, herald the right result. Of course, I want her to come to her own conclusions and make up her mind. Ultimately, the decision to be any religion, or no religion at all, will be up to her.
Nothing is your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull. - George Orwell
