It's a fundamental right for every child to choose their own believe system.

Every religion has the same goal of reaching God. First understand the pracices of one's own religion. You won't be able to change it if u have understood it best, because of the Samsakaras u recieve from ur birth.

i've always believed that a child should have the right to choose what religion or who to believe in. but in our country, 2 months after a child is born, or earlier or later, he/she is baptized into the religion of his/her parents. so when you're old enough to realize that you don't belong in that system, you convert. but convertion will or is actually coupled with prejudices and criticisms from the religion or belief you were in before and sadly, from the religion your going into next. tsk tsk tsk..sad fact

at absolutely any age, a child may realise that they don't believe the same as their parents or their peers. and if that happens, their parents telling them they are wrong will not make them change their belief, any more than it would if they tell them the sky is green. belief isn't something you choose. you believe something or you don't. when my school told bible stories, I just didn't believe they were true, even though they said they were. there was no more way of making me believe it than there was making me believe that the fairytales were real. so even if the parents say to a child, you're too young to have a religion of your own and must follow ours, it won't work. you can't make someone believe something if they don't believe it. and children are quite surprisingly spiritually aware. so. I believe that parents should instil good morals in their children, from a completely non religious viewpoint, and pass on their own religious beliefs if they have them, but also let the child know that some people believe other things, and one day they migh believe other things too. to respect other peoples religious beliefs, as if someone has them, they are a very important part of their life, not to be mocked, or ridiculed, or called false. children should be taught ABOUT religions, and that it's quite possible to follow any which feels right to them, and to understand the paths of others.

Kids are entitled to their own opinion. They are humans who are able to choose beliefs. It's not right to force an opinion or belief on anyone. Giving the person an oppertunity and helping them understand it is fine, but after that, leave it alone. I am 17 and I am not religious. If my parents were religious and made me go to church and made me follow that religion, I would still not truely believe in it. I would just be fake, and I would be untrue to myself. And isn't that sort of the opposite of what religion is about? Why would you want someone to pretend to believe in something just to please another?

Most parents try to do the best they can. This includes belief systems as well. There comes a time when kids must become more than the sum of what they are taught. This includes making choices and directions in their own life. Listen to the advice of others but WALK YOUR OWN PATH! A belief is no more than a patch that covers the fact that the facts are unknown. I hope everyone continues to search for facts and truth rather than relax in the comfort of any belief.It is the only way real truth is discovered.