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When your child resents family cultural differences

My daughter told me she wishes our family celebrated Christmas like everyone else and asked why we have to be different with our traditions.

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A parent faces their child's desire to abandon family traditions for mainstream acceptance and must balance respect for the child's feelings with cultural preservation.

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