Adult converts sometimes sheepishly admit that confession scares them. What they may not know is cradle Catholics often feel the same way. Very often, anxiety around confession begins in childhood, when well-meaning parents send kids all the wrong messages about when, how, and why we go to confession.
But children aren’t doomed to hate confession. Here are some things you can do to mitigate anxiety and help kids even learn to look forward to confession . . .
Read the rest of my latest for The Catholic Weekly.
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When I taught at Catholic school, our pastor was a former prison minister. That was INCREDIBLY useful in helping the students put their sins in perspective.