You know when you’re asked to think outside the box?  are you really being asked to do that, or are they trying to force you into a new box?  I’m wondering if it’s even possible to escape the box.  A theme I’ve been thinking about a lot recently is the idea that we’re trapped inside ourselves.  My mind or soul is trapped into the biochemistry of my brain.  I believe (don’t quote me on this) that the shape and size of the different ares of our brain distinctly affect our attitudes and emotions.
As well how I think is directly related to the conditions I was raised in.  I’ve realized recently that so much of my thinking is the direct outcome of how my parents raised me.  Ideas they transmitted through discipline and conversation are ingrained in me.  I can’t escape them, but is this a bad thing?  I’m not sure how to answer.
I guess part of the whole part of the teenage rebellion is your answering that question.  So in my instance I accepted that my parents had taught me the right things.  Therefore I didn’t rebel in any big way, though you’d have to ask my parents how they feel about that statement.  So than here’s the question that follows.  What is the reason that so many people in the last century have rebelled to the point of no return from their parents?  Is it because we think we’re being lied to?  Is the very reason that en masse we’re rejecting our parents values because instinctively we think they’re wrong?  Than consider this, in the last century, and especially among our parent’s generation, atheism (explicit or tacit) has been on the rise.  In fact our parent’s are the most unchurched generation in a long time.  I believe it becomes plain that our devaluing of ourselves is the direct outworking of their belief that life has no purpose and no meaning.  I have more to say about this, but I’ll save that for later.  Just think on this, is the reason you dislike your parents morals because they have no spine, no frame that holds them up?  Something to consider.