In my birth religion, we baptise the youth as member into the church at the age of 8, and not at birth, like the naughty Catholics and other denominations. There is no way a newborn can choose if they want to be Catholic right when they are born…they can’t even speak. But 8 year olds, they are very, very ready to make a life time commitment to a religion. They know right and wrong and they have enough sins accumulated in their 8 years of life, that a cleansing is necessary.
I LOVE THIS. I have a 13 year old, 8 year old and 3 year old. My 13 year old much like me .. neurodivergent and his filter is non existent. It gets him in trouble at school because he doesn’t stop and think before he says or does something totally bizarro 😂
The 13 chose to be baptized all on his own last Oct and I have no intention of encouraging the others to - I prefer them to approach me about it in their own time. We have not been a religious family in their lifetime - I am a very spiritual human that studies many different spiritual modalities - but my grandma took me to her non denominational church as a child when she had me over and I witnessed demons leaving the body of a lady one afternoon (forever changed my life).
From that day forward - no one could convince me that this world wasn’t made up of light and darkness, evil and good, even if I still test(ed) the world in my own way until I was an adult.
I try to let my kids be themselves- even if I shake my head at times in wonder about where they’ll end up some day - some days I like them and some days I don’t 😂 I admire your transparency so much. My 13 year old talks like an ol’ sailor like his mama and does it so naturally - somehow he stops himself when at school - funny how he “can’t” at home with me.
Dragons better be real!
I LOVE THIS. I have a 13 year old, 8 year old and 3 year old. My 13 year old much like me .. neurodivergent and his filter is non existent. It gets him in trouble at school because he doesn’t stop and think before he says or does something totally bizarro 😂
The 13 chose to be baptized all on his own last Oct and I have no intention of encouraging the others to - I prefer them to approach me about it in their own time. We have not been a religious family in their lifetime - I am a very spiritual human that studies many different spiritual modalities - but my grandma took me to her non denominational church as a child when she had me over and I witnessed demons leaving the body of a lady one afternoon (forever changed my life).
From that day forward - no one could convince me that this world wasn’t made up of light and darkness, evil and good, even if I still test(ed) the world in my own way until I was an adult.
I try to let my kids be themselves- even if I shake my head at times in wonder about where they’ll end up some day - some days I like them and some days I don’t 😂 I admire your transparency so much. My 13 year old talks like an ol’ sailor like his mama and does it so naturally - somehow he stops himself when at school - funny how he “can’t” at home with me.