Babies at Church?

rhandco
Tue, 25 Nov 2014 01:03:56 +0000

Is it entertainment or a religious experience? Do you include children as part of God’s children?

They really should have the converse, perhaps a “no children please” service and family friendly for all other services. Hopefully, put the “no children please” service at 6 am.

Now, a baby crying is different from a toddler or older kid having a tantrum. But still, if places of worship don’t want to deal with real life, ban kids and see how long your congregation stays together.

Way back when I was going to church as a kid, we would sit with our parents and not act up. Yet certain people, especially other parents, did want to relegate us to the first few rows where they figured kids would be less likely to act up. We still would rather be with our parents.

PS - if my baby puked on you, even a little spit up, I would offer to have your outfit dry cleaned. That’s pretty unacceptable to just go “oopsie!” when someone is hit with shrapnel, if that’s what happened.