Its not something that we believe a parent should chose not to do for their child. Or take a chance and wait until later
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What ‘chance’ would the parent be taking?
I understand: our views of baptism are different. The age of reason/choice sacrament for Catholics is Confirmation. In some ways this relates more to your view of baptism - the age, the choice..
>>”What chance would the parent be taking?”
The chance that the child would die without being baptized.