Last year my daughter had her first birthday and all my wife's family and friends were there. My family didn't attend. My mother and sister still believe in the JW teachings even though they are both considered inactive. My father didn't go out of respect for my mother. He is not a witness but believes in some "God".
This year my Father attended but I told him I feel insulted my mother chooses not to attend and that this religion damaged my childhood. I can tell this hurt his feelings, but it was my father that brought our family into this religion when I was five years old. He left the religion when I was about 11 years old, but I was still force to adhere to the religion, which included the prohibition on "wordly" friends, no school activities and all the other normal things a child does. I resented him for forcing a religion on me he didn't accept. Though I escaped at about 19 it still robbed me of a normal childhood.
What makes me upset is my mother doesn't attend meetings, field service, or assemblies regularly. Yet she still chooses to believe despite the fact she is labeled weak and viewed by many JWs as deserving death at Armageddon. Maybe I should've let it go but I think it sucks my daughter will only see my wife's side of the family at holidays and other normal events. I think I will just wait until my daughter is older and have my mother and sister personally explain to my daughter. I know I should respect other people's beliefs but it's hard when you know The Watchtower is a cult.