even the 6yo has no business being in a religious service for more than 10 minutes of sitting you to practice behaving. you think he knows wtf is going on on a meaningful level?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780674&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49308686)

I feel like I’m supposed to take them? Should I not be taking them until they are older?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780674&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49308704)

The Jew lies to separate your child from God and corrupt innocence.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780674&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49310139)

Anyway, our normal routine when we had young kids was Grandma and Grandpa go to early service, we drop the kids off to them in the parking lot, and then they keep them so we have a few hours of peace until we get together for an early dinner at 3 or 4.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780674&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49308783)

Please dont bring disruptive kids to church.

Why not have one parent do Saturday evening mass solo, and that one can stay home Sunday with 3yo. The rest of you can go to mass Sunday.

Otherwise, a promise of ice cream after church works wonders.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780674&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49308843)

if it was a latin mass parish it would probably be full of kids their age and younger so yours doing this would be nbd unless theres something wrong with them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780674&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49308888)

I would not say this if you hadn’t divorced ur wife.

Hell I would not say this if you had remarried.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780674&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49310283)

Bring some quiet toys, like stuffed animals or matchbox cars. Promise donuts afterwards and threaten "no donuts" if they misbehave. Follow through on this. (There are free donuts available after our mass, which draws all the families.)

Hold the kid up so he or she can see what's happening. A lot of my kid's annoying behavior was caused by missing out on seeing things. Try to get them involved in the more interesting parts of mass, like exchanging signs of peace or speaking up if they take parishoners' prayers during the prayer of the faithful.

If the kid acts up and is flipping out, don't be afraid to pick him or her up and walk out. Our church is in NYC and doesn't have a crying room, so I literally had to take my younger kid outside 5-6 times between ages 3 and 4. Everyone knows it's hard, and it's really only tough for like a year or 18 months.

And geeze - when I go to mass while traveling to parishes in areas that don't have stuff like this, it is full of crazy old gray-haired people and I know the church is going to be shuttered (or doing Spanish mass only) in like 10 years. Don't stop bringing kids to church, it's the only way they might have a chance of doing it once they're an adult.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780674&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49310432)

I’m still pretty shitty as we’re only going once a month plus holy days of obligation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5780674&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49312184)