Our oldest is 4 1/2 and we have struggled with him at church since birth, first trying to get him to stay in the nursery, then trying to get him to stay in children’s church. He doesn’t like to stay with strangers and it was such a constant fight with him to get him to stay without me. I guess I kind of went into parenthood assuming that it HAD to be best for him to be with kids his own age. But lately I’ve realized that there is MUCH to gain by worshipping as a family. So now we’re keeping him in the service with us, and our services are LONG, but he is doing better each week. We are so proud of him. We’re letting the new baby go to the nursery, but I think as she gets older we’ll keep her with us too. We bring a bag of quiet activities for our son, but he does participate in the music and prayers.
Thank you for posting this. It makes me feel even more confident that we are making the right decision. 🙂
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