This is a horrible thing to do. Forcing more children who have no say in the matter to attend an institution that ruins kids’ childhoods and causes long-lasting negative effects into adulthood is absolutely disgusting. I speak from firsthand experience here.
And you speak ONLY for your firsthand experience. Many kids don't come away with long-lasting negative effects at all in fact have long-lasting positive effects. So, you're biased against religion because of negative things that happened to you ... fair enough. But that only speaks for your situation, just as my decision with my son and everyone else's will be its own separate thing.