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When family spiritual practices become sources of tension rather than connection

Our family has been doing a gratitude practice together for six months but my kids just go through the motions and my spouse is getting frustrated with their lack of engagement, and I'm caught between wanting to maintain the ritual and recognizing that forcing it might be defeating the purpose.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The attempt to cultivate shared meaning is being undermined by different levels of investment and the pressure to perform gratitude.

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