Parents do more than teach their children how to tie their shoes and why it’s important to say “please” and “thank you.” Many of them train them about how to vote, too. However, new research indicates that parents who most fervently train their children to vote Republican or support a higher minimum wage actually may be sowing seeds of rebellion.

That’s not always the case, but according to a study published in the British Journal of Political Science (and culled from data from the United States and Britain), many children who come from hyper-political families switch allegiances as adults.

“Extreme parental views of the world give children a clear choice for being with the parents through agreement or against parents through disagreement,” says child psychologist Carl Pickhardt. “Thus, extremely rigid views of right/wrong, trust/distrust, love/hate can be embraced by children who want to stay connected to parents, and can be cast off by children who, for their own independence, are willing to place the parental relationship at risk.” (The Atlantic)

Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife, Wendy, and his two children. Follow him on Twitter.