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MikeWaters · 06-11-2007, 08:27 PM

Last Sunday my Bishop stood up at the end of the meeting and told everyone to arrive on time.

He also said "if you don't have kids, we want you to be in the front."

Right now all the old retired folks sit in the back.

He also said, "if you have young children, you are to sit in the back."

This applies to me since we usually sit in the front.

What was really funny was that there is a new couple in the ward, that was sitting on the front row. They have two boy toddlers that were just going nuts. Running over to the side in the curtain. One almost pulled down the sacrament cloth. Parents took them out about six different times.

They must be feeling really welcome about right now.

So I'll be sitting in the back now.

JohnnyLingo · 06-11-2007, 08:33 PM

I don't know what the deal is with parents who let their kids run around during Sacrament meeting.

I'm the oldest of nine and somehow my parents managed to keep us under control. Yeah sometimes we were taken outside when things got out of control, but we were never allowed to run around inside the chapel.

I don't believe there's a child out there who cannot be either controlled or taken outside during one hour a week.

SeattleUte · 06-11-2007, 08:35 PM

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I'm the oldest of nine and somehow my parents managed to keep us under control.

So you came from one of those fabled ritalin big LDS families. Interesting disclosure.

JohnnyLingo · 06-11-2007, 08:36 PM

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So you came from one of those fabled ritalin families. Interesting disclosure.

And somehow none of us were ever medicated. Hmm.

Goatnapper'96 · 06-11-2007, 10:10 PM

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And somehow none of us were ever medicated. Hmm.

You mean what we see is natural?

Jeff Lebowski · 06-11-2007, 08:58 PM

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I don't believe there's a child out there who cannot be either controlled or taken outside during one hour a week.

My wife teaches the three-year-olds in primary (post-nursery class). Last week one of the kids bit her on the arm in sharing time and would not let go. Took her a minute to pry her jaw apart and she was afraid of losing a finger. She had the tooth marks on her arm for a day or two.

Not a typical kid (thankfully), but we got a good laugh out of it.

jay santos · 06-11-2007, 09:35 PM

I don't make an effort to "control" my kids. I let kids be kids. Sometimes I even take a sadistic pleasure in watching old people freak out when my toddler tosses his cheerios at them. They grow out of it over time.

My parenting opinion: the more you "control" them at a young age the more problems you create for them at a later age.

BigFatMeanie · 06-11-2007, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

I don't make an effort to "control" my kids. I let kids be kids. Sometimes I even take a sadistic pleasure in watching old people freak out when my toddler tosses his cheerios at them. They grow out of it over time.

My parenting opinion: the more you "control" them at a young age the more problems you create for them at a later age.

You and I have opposite theories on parenting (at least as it regards children's behavior in church).

Jeff Lebowski · 06-11-2007, 09:40 PM

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My parenting opinion: the more you "control" them at a young age the more problems you create for them at a later age.

Fascinating theory. Tell us more.

jay santos · 06-11-2007, 09:53 PM

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Fascinating theory. Tell us more.

Why do I feel like I'm being set up?

It's my wife's theory more than mine. We both came from extremely strict LDS famililies. She studied Child Development at BYU and was influenced there. I would probably be tougher on them at a younger age if left to my own doing. But she believes in almost no discipline under the age of 2 or 3. And then slowly adding on discipline starting about then, but much less than typical. That the concepts of being loved unconditionally are much more important than teaching discipline at that age. Our kids seem to become miraculously well behaved once they hit 4 or 5, so it seems to work for us. Knock on wood because we're just hitting the teenage years. And my theory is more that they come to you from heaven with their personalities and they're going to be who they are going to be no matter what you do to them.

P.S. I probably come across to much bragging in this post that I have the key to child raising. Far from the truth. I think I'm mostly lucky I just have good kids.

06-11-2007, 08:27 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,368	My bishop is awesome: assigned seating Last Sunday my Bishop stood up at the end of the meeting and told everyone to arrive on time. He also said "if you don't have kids, we want you to be in the front." Right now all the old retired folks sit in the back. He also said, "if you have young children, you are to sit in the back." This applies to me since we usually sit in the front. What was really funny was that there is a new couple in the ward, that was sitting on the front row. They have two boy toddlers that were just going nuts. Running over to the side in the curtain. One almost pulled down the sacrament cloth. Parents took them out about six different times. They must be feeling really welcome about right now. So I'll be sitting in the back now.

06-11-2007, 08:33 PM	#2
JohnnyLingo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,175	I don't know what the deal is with parents who let their kids run around during Sacrament meeting. I'm the oldest of nine and somehow my parents managed to keep us under control. Yeah sometimes we were taken outside when things got out of control, but we were never allowed to run around inside the chapel. I don't believe there's a child out there who cannot be either controlled or taken outside during one hour a week.

06-11-2007, 09:35 PM	#7
jay santos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,177	I don't make an effort to "control" my kids. I let kids be kids. Sometimes I even take a sadistic pleasure in watching old people freak out when my toddler tosses his cheerios at them. They grow out of it over time. My parenting opinion: the more you "control" them at a young age the more problems you create for them at a later age.