Research shows us that traditions are part of a healthy lifestyle. Traditions provide security to young people, providing continuity and routine that they can depend on year after year. Tradition sustains youth because it makes you feel closer to who you were when you were younger. We become physiological close to the same person we were at the same time of year when we experience those traditions again.
Psychologist Marshal Duke has found that children who have an intimate knowledge of their family’s history are typically more well-adjusted and self-confident than children who don’t.
REFERENCES
Amy Griswold. Traditions Are Important in Families. University of Illinois. http://web.extension.illinois.edu/ccdms/facts/121204.html
Duke, M.P., Lazarus, A., & Fivush, R. (2008). Knowledge of family history as a clinically useful index of psychological well-being and prognosis: A brief report. Psychotherapy Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 45, 268-272.