Over time, believing parents who regularly attend church begin to think about how to instill a desire to come to church in their children? How to explain to them all the sacraments of the Church? Including the sacrament of confession.
Instructions
Step 1
Ask the priest who will confess the child to just talk to him first. He himself will find the words and topic for the first conversation. Perhaps he will just take an interest in the child's school affairs, ask how the mood is, what the child likes to do at home or what games to play in the yard.
Step 2
Explain to your child what conscience means. This can be done by examining the situations in which the child finds himself at home or at school. Small children are so arranged that they often play pranks. Discuss some of the actions with your child. Perhaps he did not give the elderly man a seat on the bus or broke someone else's toy and did not say so. It will be much easier for a child to understand what a clear conscience is. Why is it important not to deceive, not to slander other people, not to violate the rights of other people, not to envy, etc. The child must understand the connection between their behavior and the events that occur.
Step 3
Never frighten the child with God. You can turn him away from spiritual life with your scary stories like "God will punish you for this …". A child should understand only one thing about confession - God knows everything about his actions and thoughts. And still loves him. Therefore, the child only needs to admit this or that sin, if he really committed it.
Step 4
Explain to your child that conscience is God, who is inside every person. And you need to admit your misdeeds because through this you can get closer to God, become better, more worthy. It is important that during confession the child does not list his bad transgressions “on the machine”. Every deed that he is truly ashamed of needs to be mentioned and truly repentant. To do this, at the end of each evening, discuss with the child how the day went, what the child learned, discovered, perhaps the child himself will tell what he is ashamed of. Do not press on him, do not arrange interrogation.
