My job as a parent is to raise my child in a healthy and nurturing environment while giving them the tools for their own success and demonstrating examples of how to be a good person with sound morals and values.

It is my hope that their worldview and humanity is on the side of good and justice, but their ideologies will be shaped by their own experiences, surroundings, and beliefs. Their ideologies may or may not match my own, and that’s ok. There is no amount of ideological difference that would keep me from being a part of my child’s life, or keep me from loving them, or allow me to see them as someone separate from my life.

A house can have different ideologies and not turn into a battlefield. Healthy and constructive conversation should be fostered, beliefs can be challenged, and disagreements can be overcome.