I keep waiting for someone to say that Communion for children is not a part of Episcopal practice.
You must be confirmed in the church at a later age...and free choice.
Anyone else confused by this...it seems a non-issue which the Mother does not understand.
Used to be true but not any more. I'm in my 50s - when I was a kid you had to be confirmed at about age 12 or 13 before you could receive. Before that age, you left church after the sermon (the "Mass of the Catechumens" in Catholic parlance) to go to Sunday School.
But sometime between then and when my daughter was about six (she's 18 now) the church changed to the Catholic practice of First Communion at about age 6 or 7, long before Confirmation. They had a "First Communicants Class" and then received like everybody else.
So this is most definitely an issue, and if the XGuv is running true to form and being a treacherous hound, the mom is right to worry.