Article April 30, 1979 Issue

Nobody has to be dominated

Written for the Sentinel

In our family we lived the way my father said we should. That went for everything—the clothes we bought, friends we chose, politics, vacations. Even the food we ate was what he preferred, served when he wanted to eat it.

I didn't like this authoritarianism. I didn't want to become the kind of person my father wished me to be. And I wanted more freedom than I had. So my teen-age years consisted of lots of hurt feelings, disagreements, and frustration. Anyone who has had family quarrels understands the kind of atmosphere that pervaded our home.

My dad even said I had to go to the Christian Science Sunday School. I complained, but to be perfectly honest I was glad to go. I had a teacher who really cared about me and tried to answer my questions fairly.

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