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So now the Jewish MIL bears responsibility for having Christian grandchildren?  That's a step too far.[/quote]
If you think parents have no responsibility at all for how their children turn out, then no, she doesn't.

If she was dead-set on Jewish grandchildren, she should have raised her son to marry a Jew.  We don't know if that was the case.  If marrying a gentile was a possibility in this family, then she bears part of the responsibility for her sadness in not having Jewish grandchildren.[/quote]

She should have raised a robot is what you're saying - someone who would marry who mama said.

Mothers don't have that kind of control   Even Jewish mothers.[/quote]
You say this yet clearly some ethnic and religious groups in the U.S. have much lower intermarriage rates than others.   So somewhere, mothers and families DO have that kind of control in setting expectations for their children.  Perhaps you should look at minorities in the U.S. with the lower intermarriage rates and ask yourself how they are doing it while living in a society that allows all kinds of choices for kids. [/quote]

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