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How interfaith couples navigate family pressure around raising children

My marriage is interfaith and we've been navigating that fine privately, but now we're having kids and suddenly both our families have opinions about how we should raise them and every conversation about traditions feels loaded with judgment about whose beliefs matter more. We need to figure out how to honor both our backgrounds without letting our families drive us apart.

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