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[quote=Anonymous]A preteen is discovering their own opinions and ability to reason so I think the best thing you can do is make the material available to her and give her the space to explore it on her own. Quoting the Bible at her or telling her what she should believe fails to take into account her innate abilities that are blossoming at this age; she's just coming to a point when she can discover faith for herself and really own it. If you try to force it, I'm pretty sure it will backfire on you. I got a lot responses along the lines of "Because this is what the Church teaches" when I was questioning at that age - it's not an intellectually satisfying response to some one who genuinely wants to understand and is newly capable of chewing on life's big questions. It's very dismissive actually.

I think this is actually the perfect time to give her a challenge. If there's a youth group at the church that delves into the intellectual depths of theology and isn't just a social hang out, she might enjoy that. If that's not her thing, then have her volunteer in a soup kitchen and see mercy in action - sometimes we must act before we understand. [/quote]

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