Do you hold children accountable for their parents actions/beliefs?

[Cid_B]

As I browse through various threads I have seen no less than three that make the general statement that children should somehow be held accountable for the perceived actions/thoughts/beliefs of their fathers or even grandfathers?

Just struck me as odd and in theory seems totally incompatible with liberal values but after it popped up a few times within an hour I started to notice.

Is there a situation in which you can hold the children( they can be adult children ) to task for their fore-bearers?

[Bragi]

1. I can think of one isnstance (maybe)

This isn't exactly analogous, but if your fore-bearers were Nazis who stole paintings from Jewish people, then you have no right to keep the art.

[ellenfl]

2. i thought you were going for the bush crime family. my bad!

my experience is that many children rebel against their parent's beliefs. my dad made me a liberal. he was a dino.

ellen fl

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Yes I generally slaughter them unto the third generation.

A cloud being told me to.

[ret5hd]

4. Should children benefit from their parents actions/beliefs?

[dmallind]

5. Should children be blamed for doing so?

Unfortunately my folks were poorly paid lower class types. Had they not been I surely would not have felt guilty about taking advantage of more books, earlier access to computers, a more highly regarded education, a more acceptable accent, etc. Why should anyone feel guilty about being lucky? Feel guilty if your own actions harm others? Sure. But why feel guilty because others' actions help you without doing any harm?