Raising Free Spirits

Originally posted by FMF
If someone said they were raising their children to be free spirits, what would you undserstand or imagine this to mean? Would you be inclined to to nod approvingly or to roll your eyes and/or raise your eyebrows?

it depends on what your definition of free spirits is.

are you talking about "keeping an open mind" or "idiotic hypocritical anarchism"?

Originally posted by sh76
My point is that the term is so vague I would have an idea as to how to go about defining it. That's why I'd have to follow up and ask for specifics. I think that 10 people could reasonably define that term in 10 different ways. As such, the term does not give me enough information upon which to base an opinion.

How is it that you can think that 10 people could reasonably define the term but you yourself cannot?

Originally posted by generalissimo
it depends on what your definition of free spirits is.

No it doesn't. The OP clearly asks for your definition of a free spirit.