I think people should be allowed and encouraged to make their own discoveries and choices in life. What I wouldn't have wanted is for parents to tell me what and how to think/believe. Luckily for me, my parents were decent in raising me and showed me love. It's sad when parents don't. Love and general, but not over, guidance was a gift to me. When I chose to join the Catholic church, they did not discourage that even though they weren't particularly religious or even Catholic. I appreciated that. Never once did I blame them for not leading me to it in the first place. It was my personal journey, just as it's been my journey to change my beliefs a bit, since then.

There comes a time when we have to stop blaming and start living our own lives. Mindfulness of the present and journeys forward. Regretting the past too long is also a fruitless endeavor. Live! Live, damn it! Live!