Choice, what Mormons call “agency” is central to God’s plan. We try always to honor people’s agency as our Heavenly Father does. It’s hard to watch our children choose other paths than the one we believe in, but good parents present as much information as possible on our options and let children, teenagers, and young adults choose for themselves. Some children have childhoods that keep them from church, so they don’t know enough to make a decision. Those children can be taught by Mormon missionaries with the permission of their parents and then make a choice about baptism at age 8 or later.