Quotes:
-- Therefore, explain that a parent's decision an a child's associates would not be based on religion, but on the young one's conduct ... It will probably help if you acknowledge that this does not mean that all other youths whom your children are around in the neighborhood or at school are no good. Some of them may be pleasant and decent, as some of your neighbors, relatives, and workmates are. Try to help your offspring to see this and to grasp that you are balanced in your application of Paul's wise, paternal counsel to the Corinthians.
-- The decisions con cerning higher education, participation in extracurricular activ ities, and career are personal decisions to be made by both parents and the child. As the Watchtower Society has indicat ed, there are "no hard-and-fast rules [which] should be made either for or against extra education."
-- Disfellowshipping is defined by the Watchtower Society's publications as a spiritual cutting off. However, blood and family ties remain ... First, according to the religious practice "normal family affections and dealings can continue." See The Watchtower, April 15, 1988, page 28, paragraph 13. Second, all children are admonished to show honor to father and mother. (Ephesians 6:1-3) This directive does not take into account the parents' religious affiliation or standing.
Watchtower publication: Child Custody Litigation When Religion is A Factor published by WTBTS November 1993