Is putting kids in CCD ethical?

It’s “a religious education program of the Catholic Church, normally designed for children.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confraternity_of_Christian_Doctrine)
And a lot of people from school go there and have been going there since 6th grade or even kindergarten when they don’t know any better that there are other decisions. It’s really no wonder why we live in such a Christian country where kids and teens are too ignorant to know they can decide for themselves and they just live with being a Christian because with fear involved, it’s really the safest route. It’s scaring children into Christianity for learning Christian values. Ethical?

Of course that’s my opinion. I just hate to see a world that is wrongly Christian for the reason being it’s shoved down kid’s throats until they don’t know anything else. I’d like to see what Christians think, too.