To the editor:

Rabbi Scott White suggests in the Feb. 14 “Faith Forum” that raising a child with two religious traditions, allowing for whatever choices that child may make as an adult, is a grave error. “If parents can’t agree on a single religious faith in which to rear their children” he writes, “they might actually be better off choosing none.”

As Jewish parents, and as therapists who have worked with interfaith couples over several decades, we have seen much evidence to the contrary. When the emotional climate between the parents is one of mutual respect, children can be enriched rather than harmed by participating in two religious traditions.

Harriet Lerner,

Steve Lerner,

Lawrence