Our 9-year-old made his First Communion on Saturday. It was a year beyond the “second grade” which seems to be the norm, but it was at exactly the right time for him.
When he was a second-grader working his way towards Confession, he clearly wasn’t ready. No matter how we or his CCD teachers explained it, he just didn’t grasp the concept of sin. As we got closer to the date, he still was confused , and so we opted out
