Often they can choose their sports. They are actually making an anti-religious statement. This is the religion that we choose to follow. These are the values that we choose to share. While you are in our home, this is the path that you will be shown.
Parents tolerate little discussion as to the extent and nature of their children's health care.
So, too, should they make clear to their children exactly where they stand religiously. They are asking them to choose not a path, but a parent. They are asking them to choose between father and mother. While I am in favor of multiculturalism in society, multiculturalism within the family is problematic. Left unchecked, it becomes the multicultural self.