What were Emerson’s attitudes toward law, the family, and education?

In "Self-Reliance," Ralph Waldo Emerson posits that man is sovereign and that no law can bind him except the law of that man's own being. Specifically, Emerson rejects even religious doctrines of conformity in policing the actions of the individual. He writes,

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against it.

In his family relations, Emerson called for a kind of stoicism that would allow the continuity of community while maintaining the intellectual independence of the individual. Importantly, he does not seek physical and emotional isolation, only intellectual and spiritual independence. He writes,

I will have no covenants but proximities. I shall endeavour to nourish my parents, to support my family, to be the chaste husband of one wife,—but these relations I must fill after a new and unprecedented way. I appeal from your customs. I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you. If you can love me for what I am, we shall be the happier. If you cannot, I will still seek to deserve that you should.

Emerson rejected what he called the Doric and Gothic models of education, instead advocating for learning through experience, immersion, and interaction with the greater world. He went on to reject the idea of following past paths of success, instead focusing on investigating and developing new avenues and ideas.
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Emerson's chief theme is that people should follow their hearts and not social conventions. To mindlessly do what your family or society expects of you is the path to misery. This does not mean Emerson believed in abandoning one's family to destitution or disrespecting one's parents, but he did not believe an individual should strive to mold their life according to familial wishes which run contrary to their own nature. As Emerson says of familial obligation in "Self-Reliance," "I shall endeavour to nourish my parents, to support my family, to be the chaste husband of one wife,—but these relations I must fill after a new and unprecedented way." He believes much the same with religious laws: if an individual disagrees with certain doctrines, it is their right.
As for education, Emerson believes students should not try to imitate the great people of the past or accept ideas only because those of the past thought them to be right. Emerson's famous claim "imitation is suicide" relates to this line of thinking. If one only ever copies what others have believed, then they are killing their true self, their own potential as an original thinker.
The binding connection between Emerson's views on family, the law, and education is the belief that every person is unique and lives their best life when they embrace that uniqueness to forge their own path through life.

Emerson thought respect for the law, family, and education was far less important than the need to follow one's inner guide in making life decisions.
"No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature," he writes in response to people who use religious "laws" and rules to suggest people might be guided by the Devil when they reject the counsel of tradition, family, and university education.
Emerson perceives family and education as stumbling blocks keeping too many individuals from finding their God-given destiny. He warns young people embarking on life that they will find no genuine peace and happiness as long as they are following their family's ideas and not their own. He advises his audience to reject book learning, which relies on traditions of the past. Instead, one should go out and experience life directly.
For society to flourish, Emerson argues, everyone must follow the dictates of his or her own heart. "Trust thyself," he says, and eventually everyone around you will respect you and trust you too.