Its a hard thing, to keep religius and political views up to your children without influencing them. As far as religion and politics go, i just tell my sons that they have time now before they are adults, to make those decisions for themselves. I try not to talk politics around them either , unless there is a wrong being perpetrated on a person or people. Then we just try to-teach them to be good to people and that you dont have to screw people over to survive. My biggest goal tho is to teach them not to dismiss anything just because somebody says it isnt true. I want their own perceptions and lives to determine their beliefs so they doesn't ever feel lied to, or trying to be controlled. I dont want anybody's words to influence their life experience in a negative way, or keep them from experiencing anything good because of outdated ways of thought!