Parents often baptize their children without even thinking about why and why they do it. At the same time, not everyone realizes that the rite of baptism is not only a beautiful ceremony in the temple and by no means a means of protection from the evil eye, whims and diseases.
Many baptize babies simply because it is supposed to be. Most modern moms and dads were also baptized in childhood (although not as massively as today's babies), so this rite is taken for granted. Very often, it is with the rite of baptism that the initiation of the crumbs into the church ends, and then the temple is visited, at best, a couple of times a year on major church holidays (Easter, Christmas). Some consider the sacrament of baptism as a kind of "pill" for some problems with children's health or behavior and believe that, having performed the ceremony, they will be able to help the baby recover faster or fall asleep more tightly, without going into hysterics. Very often, not only young mothers and fathers, but also older, more experienced family members, argue this way. However, it is fundamentally wrong to consider baptism as a way of receiving indulgence from the Higher Powers. Believing parents view the baptismal process as a completely natural event, and they baptize their children because they have no idea how to do without it. According to Christian teaching, at baptism, a person joins the Kingdom of God, and this must be done even in infancy. In this case, the parents are fully aware of what this ceremony means, they conduct appropriate preparation (prayers, confession) and are very responsible in choosing godparents, who should become a reliable support for the little one. In such families, the child does not just go through the sacrament of baptism, he joins the church from a very young age. He is given communion, they go to services with him, they read the Bible to him, or simply retell parables that are understandable even to the smallest. I must say that from the point of view of faith, only in the third case does the rite of baptism make sense. Although the priests do not refuse anyone, because in any case, the child joins God, and then everything depends on his parents and godparents. And sometimes mothers and fathers come to faith through a baby, through the sacrament of baptism and subsequent communion and services. It is also believed that during this ceremony the baby receives his guardian angel and falls under the protection of the Higher Powers. Some believe that baptizing a child at such a young age is not worth it, but you need to give him the opportunity to come to this himself. For true believing Christians, this tactic of waiting is absurd and impossible, because, according to their convictions, a child from a very young age must be raised in Christ and be a real Christian (and therefore go through the sacrament of baptism).
