Our family is from different indigenous backgrounds and we're trying to teach our children about animism and reverence for all living things, but my partner's approach feels too formal and ritualistic while mine feels too casual to them. Every conversation about connecting our kids to the sacred in nature becomes an argument about authenticity and tradition versus adaptation.
More people experience this than they realize.
Partners are struggling to blend their distinct animistic traditions while raising children, each fearing the other's approach diminishes their heritage.
“Where Are You with Animism — the oldest spirituality across cultures?”
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