Meadowchik Posted March 12, 2017 Posted March 12, 2017 26 minutes ago, Calm said: What about the whole idea of "it takes a village"? Having a greater community that sees itself as invested in the children of its members is a good thing, imo. Allowing for involvement of others is not, imo, inherently turning over parenting to them any more than sending your child to school is automatically you allowing government to take over the parental role. There are other authoritative roles besides "parent" in the world, such as teacher, mentor, role model, supervisor, boss, protector, etc. Most of these are roles a parent should play in their parenting, but that doesn't mean these roles are parenting. I can respect that. My point to Papa was that there is a price to life in the Church, distictively that is what our children pay. They grow up in an environment which can hyper-condition them to restrictive, even harmful thinking. This kind of thinking does not work for all kids. I had a Sunday School teacher emphasize how he would drag his children to the celestial kingdom, siblings got the sewage muffin lesson, and there were some serious near-fatal issues sparked by the Church for both a brother and sister. My son is fifteen and has not taken or passed the sacrament for two years. Yet he reads his scriptures dilligently and can discuss them thoroughly and deeply. He is obedient to a fault. I worry about what troubles him and he is incapable of telling me, but I have good reason to believe it involves the Church and that he's torturing himself over something he was taught.
Gray Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 On 3/10/2017 at 3:23 PM, bluebell said: Yes, i believe we do, especially if we are just taking people's word for it. I can name three or four polygamist families off of the top of my head (from seeing them on t.v. and/or reading their stories) that are very very happy living polygamy. I just googled 'positive polygamy stories' to see what was out there and there seem to be quite a few people who claim that polygamy has brought them a lot of joy. Do you have a specific example?
bluebell Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 1 hour ago, Gray said: Do you have a specific example? Try googling the phrase i said I googled. That will give you some individual beliefs on living that lifestyle. As for the families that i've had some (non personal) experience with, they are the Brown family (Here's a good article on the Brown family from the point of view of an Episcopalian Priest), the Darger family, and the Brady Williams family. The National Geographic channel also has a show called Polygamy USA which features some families and individuals who believe that living polygamy is the best way to be happy.
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