I honestly try to stay unbiased as much as I can on issues, and use the information that is relative to the subject. Of course my upbringing subconsciously affects my interpretation of things, though.
My mother was pretty strict, but my dad is very laid back. My parents divorced when i was around 13 or 14. I chose to stay with my dad, since my mom was the one leaving. She died a year later, so I spent most of my teenage years with my fathers influence. He took a very laid back approach, actually too laid back to be honest. He should've stepped in on certain decisions that I made for my life, as I thought I knew the best for me at the time but in retrospect I regret some of my actions. For instance, I dropped out of school in 11th grade, he should've moved heaven and earth pushing me back in, but he let me do it. I knew he didn't approve of it, but we never really vocalized our feelings to each other either. I think he might've felt that I was still dealing with my mothers death, which was evident from my grades and class levels dropping down from honor roll and advanced classes throughout high school. So perhaps thats why he didn't push it so much, but I wish he would have.
All in all he is still the best I can ask for, and although we are all far from perfect, he did a good parenting job.
I want my children to know they can talk to me about anything, and I'm going to strive to be as open with them as possible, so that they can try to relate to me. But in turn with that, I still will keep them in line with what is acceptable and what isn't, and most importantly, why it isn't. I'm not going to force them to be religious, either. I speak in future tense because my children are all very young right now, so I can just imagine how it'll be when they hit their teen's.