My husband and I were both raised Catholic, but when our children were born, the "pedophile priest" scandals were still in full swing, so we decided to drag them to a more progressive Unitarian church where we figured "at least the priest won't be diddling the alter boys." But about two years into it, we had a REAL bad experience, so we …
My husband and I were both raised Catholic, but when our children were born, the "pedophile priest" scandals were still in full swing, so we decided to drag them to a more progressive Unitarian church where we figured "at least the priest won't be diddling the alter boys." But about two years into it, we had a REAL bad experience, so we stopped going to church completely and never spoke another word about God anymore to our children. Fast forward, the kids are now in college, and we realize we've failed to give them an important tool to deal with life's ups and downs. My husband and I have found an evangelical church that we really like, but unfortunately our kids are now at that age where we can't MAKE them go, nor have we been able to convince them its worth looking into.
My husband and I were both raised Catholic, but when our children were born, the "pedophile priest" scandals were still in full swing, so we decided to drag them to a more progressive Unitarian church where we figured "at least the priest won't be diddling the alter boys." But about two years into it, we had a REAL bad experience, so we stopped going to church completely and never spoke another word about God anymore to our children. Fast forward, the kids are now in college, and we realize we've failed to give them an important tool to deal with life's ups and downs. My husband and I have found an evangelical church that we really like, but unfortunately our kids are now at that age where we can't MAKE them go, nor have we been able to convince them its worth looking into.
You're not the only parent who made that mistake.