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Offline Stubborn

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Re: Extended family dress immodestly
« Reply #5 on: Today at 05:59:53 AM »
Quote from: AnthonyPadua on Yesterday at 06:57:00 PM
What to do with extended family (secular/NO) who dress immodestly? I.e females who wear short shorts, children under 10 allowed to dress in a similar manner by parents.

Also I find when someone breaks the commandment by using Our Lord's name in vain or saying OH MY G-... They don't care about correction. After telling them they just seem to immediately forget and go back to their bad habits.

Frankly I'm reaching a point where I would rather draw strict lines and cut off contact then put up with their bad example. I don't have children but if I did I wouldn't want them to interact with their cousins etc. for those in a similar situation with children how do you handle this?
If you never saw, or had anything whatsoever to do with them ever again, your problem would be solved, your issue would be closed. Sad to say but, there is no other option. 

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Offline Godefroy

Re: Extended family dress immodestly
« Reply #6 on: Today at 06:15:35 AM »
Quote from: AnthonyPadua on Yesterday at 10:51:01 PM
This is difficult as they don't care in the first place and my parents also don't have high standards in this matter. Only one parent is traditional and all their children are adults who have moved out. I'm staying at home however until housing improves. Renting would not be worth it for me and is also extremely overpriced.
Keeping a balance of respecting the 4th commandment and staying traditionally Catholic is very tough. We haven't cut off the rest of the family although we don't visit my sister who cohabits and my father who is remarried. They don't visit us either. My mother, a novos-ordo catholic has no problem with the cohabitation of my sister and she sees her a lot. So we see her when she visits my mother.

Nevertheless our children also have this need to know their other relatives, as we all do, to know the family history and we have cut no one off entirely. 

   
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Offline Nessie

Re: Extended family dress immodestly
« Reply #7 on: Today at 11:47:58 AM »
It depends on your situation. We do see extended family, but it isn't often, because they aren't nearby. Even the few who are closer don't visit much because of public school schedules, sports, etc. Make sure children know that secular behavior is bad, and that you won't allow it in your home. Be strict.

The bigger challenge has been long-time trad families who are beginning to allow their teenage daughters to wear pants. It's a hard situation to deal with.
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Offline AnthonyPadua

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Re: Extended family dress immodestly
« Reply #8 on: Today at 04:43:48 PM »
Quote from: Stubborn on Today at 05:59:53 AM
If you never saw, or had anything whatsoever to do with them ever again, your problem would be solved, your issue would be closed. Sad to say but, there is no other option.

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Yeah but that could stop any chance of their potential conversion or me being at a good influence on them.
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Offline Maria Dolorosa

Re: Extended family dress immodestly
« Reply #9 on: Today at 04:47:31 PM »
Quote from: AnthonyPadua on Today at 04:43:48 PM
Yeah but that could stop any chance of their potential conversion or me being at a good influence on them.
This thought may be a trick of the devil. One cannot be prudent enough when it comes to preserving one's own Faith and morals.

I cannot recall which verse, but I do remember that St. Paul teaches that bad company corrupts good morals.

If people are obstinate in their error, one may be morally certain of their damnation. At that point, it would take a miracle to convert them, which God does not grant that often.
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