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[quote=Anonymous]OP, share your struggles and concerns here.  My 1st DD was fine with Sunday school and my 2nd really was unhappy about it (sounds a lot like your daughter with issues with lack of friends).  We survived by (1) making it clear what our expectations and family policies were; (2) positively reinforcing her reasonable cooperation in the process; (3) letting her off the hook sometimes to show that we understood her issues; (4) actively participate ourselves so that she could see that we made it important for ourselves as well as her.  In our family you attend Sunday School until high school at which point we no longer force you to attend (they still have to do High Holy Days and family events).  She was not happy with the bat mitzvah either, but did it and I think was proud of the accomplishment.

Different families obviously have different views on this but I don't think there is anything wrong with insisting that your child attend something like this in childhood any more than it is wrong for parents who insist on piano or on Kumon or on anything else that you think is best for your child but they may not like.  It is a value for our family to participate in our faith community and our compromise is that when you hit high school you get more autonomy about the extent to which your participate in that family activity.

Good luck, as it is tough to decide the best thing to do on these sorts of issues with kids.   [/quote]

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