One of those stories.What would you do?
@amadeo (111937)
United States
December 8, 2016 3:20pm CST
Good afternoon.I read an article of a woman whose there year old child was screaming,yelling as she could not handle this.
Then this came to my attention.What is the right age of children coming to a service on Sunday.when I took my kids to church they had day care for them.
Although my kids never acted up in a way of manners that this one.
Most churches has day care for these children.
But if my kid was screaming and making a fuzz.I get up and walk out.
This is not rude.Make more sense.
I guess the mother could not handled it.
But she did the right thing and walked out.
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Dec 16
My children know how to sit and behave during church service, they used to do it all the time in my mother's church. The church we go to the kids all go to their own class during service.
If my child was being loud in any way I would get up with them and walk out! Staying in service is more rude than stepping out.
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
9 Dec 16
@lovingMyBabies that is for sure.My children had their sunday school class.They loved it.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
10 Dec 16
@LadyDuck we had friends who when their first child was born, flew to Holland to introduce the baby (6 months old) to his grandparents. He screamed from the moment the plane was airborne until landing in Amsterdam. That was an 8 hour flight.
My friend lived in dread of the trip home....yes, he did the same thing again. She never flew again with her children......
Fast forward twenty five years. This young man gets married and chooses an island destination for their honeymoon.....the entire flight he sits holding his head in his hands...wanting to scream with the pain in his ears...poor baby....no wonder he screamed.
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@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
9 Dec 16
I, too, would take him outside. I don't think children should be expected to sit through church services until they are school age. In the church I used to go to they had a very short pre-service and a two minute story time up front with the pastor. Then the kids would all go to Sunday School or nursery. Those 8 and over could stay if they wished. I think people expect too much of children these days, they do not remember how it is to be a child.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
9 Dec 16
When my children were babies, our church expected you to keep your children with you. There was a room where you could take your children to feed them, change them or calm them. Some of my children were quite cooperative and slept, or played quietly on the floor. My son (our fourth child) had me walking the halls for two entire years. The church service was 2 hours.....a nursery for small children would have been a God send.
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
9 Dec 16
@Morelyhunt they did not haver one?wow,the should have had.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
10 Dec 16
@amadeo no nursery at church. For the most part my children learned to play/sleep on the floor. We had a bag for each child complete with a padded blanket, books and quiet toys, as well as a cover if they wanted to sleep. The only one of the five children who kept me walking the halls (it seemed like forever) was my son.
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@mommymonky (325)
•
8 Dec 16
If you have children, and you aren't sure how they are going to behave, you should sit in the back, so you can make a discreet exit if you need to. They have to get used to behaving in certain settings, and the only way to do that is to have them in those settings. So, I don't think that the mother was being intentionally rude. She just wants her child to experience church, and she did the right thing by leaving when the child got fussy.
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
9 Dec 16
@mommymonky Most church do have child care in their church.Mine this and this where my children went.Then on to Sunday school after that.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
8 Dec 16
Walking out is the only thing to do. Even my youngest granddaughter has problems with me at that age because she did not know me since the begining of her life (I did not accept children while on chemo). Sofía learned little by little to be comfortable here, but Claudia brought her first for small moments and I tried to seduce her with something special.
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
9 Dec 16
@JamesHxstatic she did after awhile.Why she waited so long not sure
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 Dec 16
It's polite for the other members of the congregation to take the child out. There has always been child care available in all the church's I've attended over the years.
@teamfreak16 (43650)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Dec 16
Screaming kids are the worst. Part of why I have no kids!
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
9 Dec 16
@teamfreak16 Yes they are the worst.So I cannot call you Daddy.LOL
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
9 Dec 16
@amandajay.Yes she has.For me I would be very embarrass and just walk out.That is it.Just mouth the word I am so sorry.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
9 Dec 16
yesif U had a screaming child I would take him out side really fast
@quantum2020 (12054)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
9 Dec 16
Small children sometimes get bored at church, Their senses are not open to church sermons. If it was the case, I would take my child to a place where he/she could relax while I listen to the church sermons
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
9 Dec 16
@quantum2020 most churched have Sunday school and day care for them.
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@deadreak (653)
• Dagupan City, Philippines
9 Dec 16
I will do the same thing, I become a Sunday's teacher and its true that kid are noisy sometime you can not avoid them that is why i always find something that make them busy. Well in that situation i will do the same thing i will walkout also. For the sake of others.
