[TAdams8591]

Father should have warned them first that he would kick them out of the program if they didn't attend mass. If mass attendance still didn't improve then he should have suspended them. Or had a point system: three missed masses within six months or some reasonable period of time and the children are out of the program.

What's the point of teaching children something and then having it all undone by parents who are doing the opposite .

[Coleus]

Father should have warned them first that he would kick them out of the program if they didn't attend mass. >>

I'm sure he did, I doubt this was a knee-jerk reaction. And I bet the pastor spelled out the parental responsibilities prior to the CCD year. Most pastors do when the parents register their children, it's usually on the form.