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When your child's interfaith marriage divides the family

My son married outside our faith and now my mother refuses to attend family gatherings and says I failed as a parent and the whole extended family is taking sides.

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A parent is caught between honoring their child's autonomy and maintaining family harmony when religious boundaries are crossed.

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