What are the pros and cons of Jewish interfaith marriage on the children?

Answer 1

It really depends on your personal circumstances and outlook. If both parents are adamant about their religions then it becomes a conflict over "who can teach their religion better". If one or both of the parents does not care about religion, it really does not make a difference for the children except from the perspective that a religion teaches a person proper conduct and being devoid of that influence may lead to improper conduct.

Answer:

Opinion: it's not a good idea. In addition to the Torah's prohibition against doing so, there are very many cases in which the spouses use the religious difference as fuel to add to the flames once they're already fighting over other matters. Maintaining a marriage is hard enough without the interfering factor of different religious backgrounds. Also, there is the question of how to raise the children. A seemingly kumbaya-type peace-loving interfaith education very often turns out to be confusing to the children, who now have no complete identity. Statistics show that mixed-marriage children are less likely to practice any religion at all, than are their single-faith counterparts (even those of minimally-religious homes). In actual practice, intermarriage amounts to assimilation, the product of which is descendants who may no longer see themselves as part of the religious heritage of either parent.