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How family military service conflicts with traditional peacekeeper roles

My son wants to join the military like his grandfather but our family's peace chief lineage means we're supposed to be makers of harmony, not war, and I don't know how to honor both his choice and our inheritance.

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Military service can create tension between honoring warrior traditions and maintaining sacred commitments to peace.

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