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Your Questions & Answers

Following the example set by the question-and-answer columns in the early Journals, when Mary Baker Eddy was Editor, this column will respond to general queries from Journal readers with responses from Journal readers. You’ll find information at the end of the column about how to submit questions. Readers are also encouraged to go to Chapter III of Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896, by Mary Baker Eddy — “Questions and Answers.”

Do children need to make Christian Science their "own?"

By Richard Evans

From the October 2012 issue of The Christian Science Journal

Q: I’ve heard fellow parents say that once their children reach a certain age, they need to make Christian Science their “own. ” On a basic level I understand that, but I’m wondering if you could shed some more light on this.