Force Your Religion on Your Kids?

No, I let them decide wether or not to be religious. Being agnostic with a Christian wife can make raising kids tricky. She's taken them to church in the past, but she didn't like it very much where she went. I normally let her deal with the religious topics at home. She respects my beliefs and I respect hers. As they get older, if I raised them to be intelligent Skeptics, they learn the truth on their own. I don't fear they'll be forever tainted by religion. And if they do become relious adults, I'll still love them because they are mine, regardless. Force_Fed (not Force_To_Believe)

Force them no..but both of my children respcet the religion is which they were raised. If one were to wnat to change faiths at some point in their life..I would be supportive...it's not how you believe..but that you believe!

No ways i wont force religion on my children

My personal spiritual beliefs come from a variety of different religions that i have studied and that were presented to me by both my mother and teachers. I will expose my children to the plethera of beliefs that exist and allow them to find themselves in whatever area suits them. I will teach them to always be open-minded and be respectful of all religions.

It will be up to them to decide

i refuse to force a certian religion on my children. i would rather they let them find their own path. i would just teach them about God and Jesus and let them decide which is the proper way to worship.

NO,never do that to my kids....will let them have the freedom to make thei own choice in future.

no i wont do that

Personally, I feel it is important when your children are young, to take them to Church, and show them an importance in their life as why they should have God in their life, but not to the point where they feel they are being forced or dragged to go to church. Then when they get older you need to be a little more lenient with them, and make sure it is what they want. And if they do choose to Stray later in life, all you can do is Pray and hope for god to somehow reach down and give them a desire to want to know him again.

no i don't force them i just teach them and let them free that they want to accept it or not.

I never forced anything on them. I did require them to go to church until they reached high school. How are they going to know if they want to accept the beliefs if they don't know anything about them? Since that time I am sad to say that neither one of them have contiinued in a church, but I'm praying that they'll come back to it someday. I never talk to them about it or nag or lecture them.

I dont think our religion will be a big problem towards my kids. I was raised as a Catholic. My elders are Catholic. I dont see any reason for my kids to change their religions in the near future. If so, it would be their own decision and i wouldn't interfere. By that time, they know whats the best for them and their family as well. I am here to let them understand Catholics better...

We have 2 diffrent religins going in our home. My husband wants the children to learn Chrisitanity, I am Wiccan/Pagan. We have decided to teach both to out children and let them make there own choices about that they will want to worship when they are older.

NO it cannot be forced..and why should it be..if all the religion have the common end towardsthe omnipotent almighty then why not let the kids decide that which way should they take up and which religion suits them best

We can teach them but then when they grow up it is their choice coz they become mature

no. children shouldn't be baptized! it is wrong to take advantage of kids.

i dont force them to follow a religion.. i jst explain them abt all the religions out there.. and ask them wat do they think abt them... i jst tell them to take all the good points in all the religions and make ur own religion...and ya tell them to follow hind customs as i'm a hindu and i love its customs but i dont force them to take up hinduism...

In my opinion, it's ok to intoduce your children to your chosen religion. However to force it on them when they are able to make some of thier own choices, to me, is not such a good thing.

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I won't force they will automatically be religious. I won't have to tell them.They will be follwing by himself because I am following.