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How interfaith couples navigate raising children when extended families have expectations

Our interfaith marriage worked beautifully when it was just us, but now that we have kids, every decision about holidays and traditions and what we teach them feels loaded with the weight of disappointing someone's family. We're both trying to honor everyone and losing ourselves in the process.

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The desire to honor all traditions can paradoxically empty them of meaning, leaving a family grasping for something authentic to call their own.

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