Thankfully at least in my household growing up I was always guaranteed the right to question anything and anyone. Debate (not to be confused with pure argumentativeness) was an art form crafted in our family from early on.

The freedom I had at home in questioning things did lead to certain conflicts once I started to school, but again thankfully my parents always backed up my right to do so when these arose.

Only when we question things do we truly learn anything. Blind acceptance of every stated idea only leads to a "blindered" outlook on the world in general and certainly detracts from ones abilty to reason and think as an individual.

I've made a life of steadfastedly defying the status quo and, even with the problems that has caused at times, will continue to do so since to do otherwise would only subjugate my own individuality, which I absolutely refuse to allow !