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Frequently, they do it by telling the kids they will disown them if they marry out. I've seen this happen with both religious and ethnic groups. In these instances the kids (my friends) have gone behind their parents' backs and hidden their relationships. Ultimately, when it comes time for marriage they tend to cave but are resentful of their parents' coercive tactics. It's not healthy. My kids are a different faith from my family and we've not had any problems because my parents have respected my right to choose for myself and my children. They don't see it as a loss but just another route to God.[/quote]
The reason you haven't had any problems is that your parents and you, by extension, are OK with the idea of different religions in your family.  The MIL in the example is heartbroken that her kids aren't Jewish.  So if having Jewish grandchildren (which requires a Jewish DIL) was so important to the woman, all I'm saying is that she should have raised her kids with a firm expectation that they marry within the religion with a clear emphasis on benefits of Jewish family life.  The road to this goal begins when her son is still a boy.  All I'm saying is that if that hasn't happened, the MIL really have no cause to be angry or sad that her grandchildren aren't Jewish. She has to take a hard look at what she did to raise her son in a way that he considers it acceptable to marry outside of the religion.  This has nothing to do with raising robots and everything to do with raising your children in a way that's infused with benefits of religion cohesion within the family.[/quote]

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