Wow is all I can say. A long time ago I posted about a fight I had with my then younger adult child who IIRC was yelling at me about Trump. In my own house. It was mystifying as we have always had a good relationship. The reaction here was "kick him out of the house" and let him grow up. I did, and he did.
Even after he left home while more respective about his views, and mine, he was hanging on to the leftist narrative. Got vaxed much to my despair. Then he and his younger brother got COVID. Then they got it AGAIN. Then they decided the vaccinations were "bullshit."
It's hard to keep this short but fast forward to 2023 and my oldest son tells me he's voting for Trump. For the first time in forever we were having dinner with my Mom and he crossed himself after she said grace. Trust me that's a HUGE deal. Probably most encouraging is that for the first time in months he agreed with me in general that while things seem really dark right now it's probably because the people who own the central banks and BlackRock and Vanguard, etc., are going to lose control of the brainwashed population when people wake up to the fact that we have ALL been lied to, for as long as anyone alive can remember, and longer than that. This didn't happen overnight, and I have to note that the earlier stage of his awakening was pure anger and frustration, "we're just fucked and there's nothing anyone can do about it."
In light of the apparent crack in his armor, took the opportunity to suggest that maybe the poison pills Trump planted on the board of the federal reserve was intentional, in order to put the treasury in first lien position so he could force a default on the 31 trillion and destroy the central banks. He knows a lot about markets and money, may be a little on the spectrum actually because his math acumen is sort of rainman. I told him I would send him that Master and Commander article that made me think this might be true. He is very interested in at least looking into it.
Anyhoo, I have had much guilt and regret about not homeschooling my kids. They were very smart and tested into the most elite public schools in the state. At the time I thought they'd be there to redpill the lefties they went to school with. Initially, it didn't work out that way AT ALL. But I am really seeing the tide start to turn with not just my kids but their friends. The D5 avalanche is the awakening, methinks. Onward and Upward!
I am right there with you, HelloDolly. Our older son traveled from California to Ohio to pick up another cocker spaniel from the same breeder as our first. He stayed with us for a few weeks, while I helped him house train the puppy. Then Covid hit and numerous businesses were shut down, so he stayed with us 8 months d/t unknown ability to find hotels, restaurants and gas stations open as he drove back to California. (He was unemployed by choice, living off bitcoin investments he made while working in IT.) we sent both of our children to private schools K-12 and colleges. Now I wonder what indoctrination occurred back then too. Our oldest is 47. Strong willed and stubborn, you can’t tell him anything. He hated Trump and the news we watched with a passion. Now he won’t even talk to us, mainly because of our politics. He can’t stand his father and now he lumps me in. What he doesn’t see is he is just like his father-both of them feel they are always right. So I understand entirely where you are coming from. Sometimes you have to let them learn for themselves. I am not sure our oldest will ever come around. He also doesn’t speak to his brother. Time will tell, but sometimes it will be to late. Don’t blame yourself. We didn’t know then, what we know now. We thought we were making the best decision at that time. I have many regrets too, but you can’t go back. Hindsight is better than foresight!
I realized a few weeks ago that I believe most families no matter how strong of a bond they have together no matter how small or large no matter what religion they are lol, Most families in general are experiencing division. The hard part for me is asking God what can I do beyond prayer. I’m one of eight children and four of them have completely canceled my parents and taking away their grandchildren and completely stopped communication with the siblings. It has been extremely saddening for years. I’m really grateful that I can pray with my mom and I trust her and the Lord. We finally got to travel to see my 94 year old grandmother a few weeks ago. Whom we haven’t seen since 2019. We discussed the cancel culture aspect of our family and she just let us into a prayer for a few hours and we cried and passed the tissues and it was amazing. My mom said “whether it’s on this side of heaven or not Lord, we trust you to bring unity.”
It is truly sad the physical and emotional impact politics, indoctrination and Covid have had on the family.
It’s kinda crazy, but my homeschooled family has been completely normal throughout this entire ordeal while my husbands side has had conflict and disunity. Summer 2020 there were 50+ people at my parents house celebrating my Gramas 85th birthday while my husbands side was canceling EVERYTHING and we couldn’t be around each other without social distancing and/or masks.
It was a real eye opener to see the comparison between the families.
True.
Sad story. I would encourage you to study books that have been written on how to be more persuasive, and to pray for wisdom in the area of persuasion too. People are persuadable. And it's hard to look in the mirror when we fail, but we must if we are going to become better at it. Good luck to you.