Parents should not force their religion

“Parents should not force their religion onto their children”

I believe that parents should introduce their children into the religion they follow from a young age so they can learn about the religion and use it and appreciate it and use it as a guidance on how to behave from a young age. However when the child is old enough to fully develop an understanding I think they should become entitled to choose whether to decide to carry on practicing it or practice another or even choose not to believe in any religion. I believe this because it will create high pressures and expectations for a child which they may not be able to exceed or even want to. It will give the child feeling as if they have let their parents down due to them not wanting to practice the religion they do. The child may feel as if its not there knowledge which makes them want to believe in that religion but their parents. In this situation I think the child is most likely to rebel due to there parents forcing them into something they do not believe. The repercussions of this wouldn't leave the child with an open mind on that religion or religion as a whole. Parents should except that everyone is different and may believe in different things but it is not up to them whether a child can believe in a specific religion they should allow their child to have religious freedom. Parents may smoother their child in that religion due to them may having had the same done to them as a child.