Religion
In reply to the discussion: I don’t want my wife to indoctrinate our two-year-old into religion [View all]hunter
(38,311 posts)"Because I said so!" is a valid parental response when a kid is in immediate danger, but it always has to be followed up by reasonable discussion if the kid's like three or older.
In my childhood religious wars were common, especially around the holidays. I'm not talking simmering disagreements and passive aggressiveness, but full-out crockery flying, glass breaking, yelling, and people leaving angry or crying.
I'd blame all of that on people who were certain, in a very authoritarian way, that they were "right." All of that pretty much went away when the authoritarians passed away and my parent's generation took over as family elders.
Curiosity about religion and no-religion, and quite a bit of heresy, are not just tolerated, they are readily accepted and discussed in our extended family. The only religious people who don't fit in are fundamentalist, anti-intellectual, and authoritarian.
I think if you are raising a kid who can be indoctrinated you are a poor parent. It doesn't matter if you're atheist or religious.