Quote from: Dzigie on Today at 08:07:44 PM

I would like to say that I would provide the right conditions for my child to choose a team of his/her own free will, but to be honest I would like to influence him/her to support my team.😅 My father did everything to make me support his team. When I was a child he bought me his team's jersey and took me to his team's games, but when I became a teenager I supported another team and I still support the same team today. I think parents' insistence on this does not always give the results they want. I think people like me are in the majority.

I don't see your dad's action as a means of luring you into supporting his team. You were tender and the fact that he needs to carry you around is a reason he bought you jersey and carried you to watch the games of the team he supports. To me, that's a show of fatherly love and care. Imagine it this way, that you dad was always keeping you at home and then go out to watch his team play, how would you feel? Well, I will cry and feel neglected. So what he was doing is to make.you have a sense of belonging. Also, when I was a kid, my parents carried me to church, does that mean they were trying to impose the church on me? No. At that age, I don't have that consciousness to take decisions. This is similar to your dad's action.

I agree with you that parents insistence don't always play out as desired. When a child gets to a consent age, he decides what suits him and this most times is different from what his parents wished for. The reason is simple. Every human thinks differently and so acts differently. This is why most times our decision is not in line with that of our parents.