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[quote=Anonymous]I think it's relevant that these are not cultural beliefs you had ever heard of. Obviously you don't remember being an infant yourself, but you never saw any cousins doing the red string thing? No pictures of you? No stories? To me, that says it's not really an entrenched belief. My mom tried (and still tries) to create family traditions in every possible context. I think it soothes some anxiety she has around how to behave and whether she's relevant, and it could be that's what's going on with your baby's grandparents too. So I hold on to the created traditions that I actually remember from my own childhood [i]and [/i]that I like. I ditch the ones that she made up more recently, or that I remember but that weren't important to me. [/quote]
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