Son an atheist

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AdamPeter said:
If I had a 14 year old tell me they were atheist I think I’d just say: you can be atheist when you’re 18 and live under a different roof. Until then, you can go to mass like the rest of us.
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Yes, me too. But I’d follow it up with 4 years of good conversation and catechisis.
 
ConfusedLucy said:
Whether parents decide to take their unbelieving children to mass is a family decision but it does not guarantee that the child will believe again.
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AdamPeter said:
True. But that’s where family rosary, prayers before bed, and reading the bible and catechism come in.
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An unbelieving teen who resents being dragged to mass on Sunday is REALLY gonna love all that extracurricular stuff. :rolleyes:
 
WilliamE said:
An unbelieving teen who resents being dragged to mass on Sunday is REALLY gonna love all that extracurricular stuff. :rolleyes:
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I think CS Lewis had it right. When one has closed his mind, there’s no way to force him to believe. You just have to wait and pray.
 
Sophie_Lawrence said:
To th OP. My daughter (12) is claiming to be an agnostic, and doesn’t want to make confirmation.

This is what we do. She comes to mass with us. I told her we are Catholic family. She participates in family prayer time, passively but she does cross herself. She was receiving, but she was doing so to make us happy. I told her she should not receive if she doesn’t believe.

I’m not sure where this came from. We are practicing, she’s in a pretty good Catholic school and our parish is orthodox. She gets good grades in Religion class. Her good friends are altar servers

I pray with her at night. She listens, but when I ask if she wants to pray she says no. I’m heart broken. She’s a good girl, smart talented etc. I can’t understand how this happened.

Keep her in your prayers.
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Ms. Lawrence,

I’m sorry for your situation. I am trying to work things out with my daughter and may have a plan. She loves history class to the point of reading her textbook at home. My plan is to review scripture for persons such as Xerxes (popular name from films), in Esther, and similar characters for her to associate with to “improve on history.” Hoping this works!
 
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