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When religious restrictions make children feel different from peers

My eight-year-old said the other kids at school think she's weird for not celebrating Halloween because of our religious beliefs and she asked if we can just be normal.

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The child experiences the social cost of religious distinctiveness and questions the value of standing apart.

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