It is expected that a child born into a religion will become a member of that religion. Every person who enters a twelve-step program must earn their entry individually. The child of a drug addict is not automatically enrolled into Narcotics Anonymous. If anything, the goal is to ensure that the child never qualifies for the twelve-step program of their parents. Parents enter Nar-Anon and Al-Anon so they can avoid passing their behaviors to their children. Addicts enter NA and AA hoping their child never sees their past behaviors and only learns from their new thinking. Imagine what religions would be like if every parent who converted to a religion spent their lives trying to ensure that their child never became a member of that religion.