Kids in Church

[Rhoni]

Children should sit in church supervised and taught by their parents. They should never go to the restroom without being acompanied by their parent. Nurseries are not the place for children. It is difficult during the early years to sit in service with an infant or child but unless they are taught and modelled how to behave in the house of God it will always be a problem.

Every church is different. Televised services do not allow young children in the services because it is a disruption to the service but in normal services that are not televised...a baby crying should be the norm and looked at as a blessing and not a disruption.

My thoughts on the matter. I hate sitting in nurseries with babies, and gossippy moms.

Blessings, Rhoni

[Pro31:28]

Originally Posted by Rhoni

Children should sit in church supervised and taught by their parents. They should never go to the restroom without being acompanied by their parent. Nurseries are not the place for children. It is difficult during the early years to sit in service with an infant or child but unless they are taught and modelled how to behave in the house of God it will always be a problem.

Every church is different. Televised services do not allow young children in the services because it is a disruption to the service but in normal services that are not televised...a baby crying should be the norm and looked at as a blessing and not a disruption.

My thoughts on the matter. I hate sitting in nurseries with babies, and gossippy moms.

Blessings, Rhoni

This is precisely the way that I feel, but I am finding that some people don't want children in church at all.

[MrsMcD]

Originally Posted by Pro31:28

This is precisely the way that I feel, but I am finding that some people don't want children in church at all.

This is sad!

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Pro31:28

This is precisely the way that I feel, but I am finding that some people don't want children in church at all.

I don't think that's really the case at all. I think they don't want children in church who haven't been taught how to behave, and that is reasonable. I think perhaps, they don't want to sit next to a screaming, colicky baby, not because thy dislike the baby, but because they can't hear the sermon. Parents should be conscious of this, and not let their in-church parenting and training interfere with others' ability to hear the Word.

Jeff and I started training each child at age 2 or 3 to sit in service, and there were no visits to the nursery. If they were disruptive or misbehaving, we removed them from service, but not for playtime. Just until they calmed down. Then we immediately brought them back in. You'd be surprised how quickly it registers with the child that its more fun to sit in service with Mommy and be able to look at all the people, then to sit firmly on Daddy's lap in the entry, with no playtime or wandering allowed. And we never spanked them just for being wiggly.