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1 | Babies and young children a distraction? | Bible general Archive 1 | Norrie | 10157 | ||
I think they are a distraction. Our church encourages people to use the extended sessions for kids from birth thru 4, then they can come to church. My 9 yr old is a distraction. :) | ||||||
2 | Babies and young children a distraction? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 10164 | ||
Customs and opinions vary on the issue of allowing infants and young children to be present in the worship service. Perhaps infants should be provided for in a separate nursery, but I believe that children should, at the earliest possible age, be placed alongside their parents, and older siblings if there are any. It affords an excellent opportunity for parents to teach discipline and for the small fry to learn it. It is easy to under-estimate the potential of the young child to absorb what is being said and sung during the worship service. I can still recall experiences that I had in the worship service when I was very young. Of course, I didn't get it all (who does?), but I was led to believe that Jesus was the Son of God and that Paul must have been an important guy. In song, I learned about "bringing in the sheep" -- later amended to "bringing in the sheaves." Eventually I learned what sheaves were and why they were brought in. ...... In short, who is to say what basic foundation was being laid in my life by those worship services of my tender years? --Hank | ||||||
3 | Babies and young children a distraction? | Bible general Archive 1 | Norrie | 10166 | ||
I grew up Catholic, we didn't sing "bringing in the sheep" but I heard that on those shows on TV, I always thought that's what it was too. :) I don't believe I've ever been anywhere where that song was actually sung but I did hear it was sheaves too. For some reason, I just never could get my daughter to sit still and shut up during services. I have taken her out and smacked her bottom, tried the pinching, shut up just doesn't do it, I guess I've been a miserable failure but I just can't get her to shut up, sit still and listen. If she goes to sleep, I get a break. Then I hear from her teachers how wonderful she is, etc-why isn't she that w/me!!! |
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4 | Babies and young children a distraction? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 10172 | ||
Norrie, while I don't have an answer to your dilemma with your daughter, I believe there is one and pray that God will lead you to it. As a father of three, I can emphathize with you in your observation that children have a way of being "brats" with parents on occasion and models of perfect behavior with their teachers, a phenomenon which I lay no claim to understanding. I was a child once and did much the same, so it confirms I suppose that there is nothing new under the sun. --Hank | ||||||