Years ago you made baptismal promises on behalf of your child. Now, as Confirmation approaches that child prepares to claim a Christian identity all his or her own. But how can you be sure your son or daughter is ready for such a step? What, indeed, does readiness mean at your youngster's age?

Your Child's Confirmation will help you "sort things through" while you and your child prepare for the sacrament. Each chapter offers questions for reflection or discussion and passages from the liturgy of the sacrament, Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church for prayerful...