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Deepblue. It is a basic concept in life that you don’t love someone if you’re only willing to do for them, what is convenient for yourself. Also common knowledge from chazal, one cannot feel true love towards hashem (as opposed to imagined) without first feeling fear of him. Lastly, this professed love of hashem -read I’m a jew in my heart- has been used by some as a crutch to recluse oneself from keeping any mitzvoth and they are worse off for it. There are no rights in Judaism, however there is bechirah for which one is instructed to choose good. The concept of rights is from foreign waters and can be dangerous when understood as more basic then torah. Finally I’d request you do some research on the mitzvah of chinuch and punishment for lack thereof, from jewish sources. WOW you seem to be fulfilling your role as a jewish parent remarkably, may Hashem bless you that it may yet bear fruit very soon