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[quote=Anonymous]I was raised Catholic and Confirmation is a sacrament so is "required" and is a big deal.

We now attend a progressive Methodist church and they do offer confirmation but I don't really see it as a "must do" like when I was growing up Catholic.  We gave our kids the choice to participate and they did. I told them they could even go all through the process and classes and they could still choose to skip the actual confirmation if they didn't feel it was right for them.

I think religion is a personal choice and by the time a kid is 14/15, they have started to form their own opinions on it and I respect that.

Being confirmed won't make my kids  any more or less Christian and it won't erase all the values we have taught them and modeled and what they have learned from church.  It doesn't bar them from attending church today or in the future.

if your child says no to confirmation, don't be embarrassed or feel bad. Be thankful that they aren't willing to go along with the crowd just for the sake of doing it and that they are putting thought into their own faith formation as opposed to letting others dictate what they should believe.

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