How to instill your values in children

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Re: How to instill your values in children

@Mamaof3

AE, the Christian significance of Christmas is to celebreate the birth of Christ, baby Jesus…yet, the holiday here is so much more than that. Its all about the spirit of giving, love for fellow man, peace on earth etc. Not a bad thing to have in your life no matter what religion you follow.

Many Muslim families here adopt some sort of holiday tradition, I mean when the entire country is all a-celebrating, its rather odd and small-minded to just ignore that fact. Doesnt make you an infidel lol!

The purpose in giving my children the joy of christmas is to bring happiness, joy and family traditions to their lives in the same manner that I had as a girl. They have Eid too. Like I said, their parents are multi-cultural and so are they. So far they have not seemed at all confused by it all…rather I think they’d be more confused if all the other kids had xmas if we completely ignored it.

You have to meld these things when the parents are from such different backgrounds yeah?

@somegroovychick

my two cents:
as mama said, christmas isn’t really about religion any longer from a general pov - its more of a cultural celebration. whether this is “right” or not, is really another discussion.
my hubby and i celebrate everything- from eid to easter to christmas- he’s gora and i have never expected him to give up his culture or the occassions that his memories are formed around just because he was marrying a muslim. when we have kids IA, they’ll be celebrating everything right along with us, because like mama, we want them to have a fully rounded experience in life from both parents and their very different cultures and celebrations.

basically, i agree entirely with what mama said. lol

hmmm interesting view.

I havent met a person who grew up being Muslim yet raised to celebrate Christmas, easter and the likes. Therefore I’m just curious to see how a person living in such a “culturally rich” atmosphere would turn out…(as a Muslim) or would they even be practing Islam in the end.