Would you leave your toddler?

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To the people who cringe when they see a child at church or restaurant or airplane, so what?! I don't like especially like children and even I understand they're going to be around.

Why is someone who doesn't like children on a parenting advice site?

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I wouldnt, sometimes churches rely on volunteers and may not do background checks. no thanks..

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Anonymous wrote:I'm the first PP above. My kids would have screamed bloody freakin murder being left with strangers at that age.

This. No I wouldn't have left my child. I would have said thank you and left.

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Ha. Ha ha. As a girl from Utah I find this thread so high class and appropriate. I could rely hear the bishops sermon over the 8 zillion kids in the room. Ya'll dont KNOW church

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Anonymous wrote:I worked in a church nursery for years and we had one time visitors all the time. All staff members were CPR and first aid trained and had background checks upon hire. Many had been on staff for years. Why wouldn't you leave your child in the nursery?

Because I don't know you (and don't know you know CPR or had a background check) and neither does my child. Have you met a 14 month old?

+1
I don't trust strangers just because they are located in the church nursery.

So much pearl-clutching.

Not the PP but I don't think it's pearl clutching or maybe you don't follow the news regarding the Catholic Church?

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Anonymous wrote:Not the right church.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I were out of town last weekend and decided to go to church that Sunday morning. We took 14 month old DS with us, and since we were just visiting, we brought him to the service with us. He was very quiet and well behaved and actually slept most of the time. The one time he started making noise (happy noise, not screaming), DH took him right out, and a lady followed him and told him he needed to drop DS off in the nursery. DH said we were just visiting, so we preferred to keep him with us. She was adamant, and said they asked parents don't bring their children to the service. We can't understand how we'd be expected to be comfortable leaving our child with people we didn't know.

Obviously we won't be back, but - would you have left your young toddler in a strange church nursery?

I would not feel comfortable leaving DC at a church's nursery. My MIL's church is like that and we never went there.

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Anonymous wrote:Ha. Ha ha. As a girl from Utah I find this thread so high class and appropriate. I could rely hear the bishops sermon over the 8 zillion kids in the room. Ya'll dont KNOW church

What does any of this even mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

To the people who cringe when they see a child at church or restaurant or airplane, so what?! I don't like especially like children and even I understand they're going to be around.

Why is someone who doesn't like children on a parenting advice site?

I (the OP) wrote that. I don't like children as a rule, but I do have one (who I do like), that's why I'm here. I'm sorry if it offended you.

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Anonymous wrote:Ha. Ha ha. As a girl from Utah I find this thread so high class and appropriate. I could rely hear the bishops sermon over the 8 zillion kids in the room. Ya'll dont KNOW church

What does any of this even mean?

I assume that it means that PP (who is probably Mormon) thinks the idea of no kids in church is weird.

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Anonymous wrote:Ha. Ha ha. As a girl from Utah I find this thread so high class and appropriate. I could rely hear the bishops sermon over the 8 zillion kids in the room. Ya'll dont KNOW church

What does any of this even mean?

It means not allowing kids in church is really bizarre

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I agree OP, not only would I have been utterly offended but what church is not welcoming of families? To the poster who suggested getting a babysitter, are you for real? As has been mentioned, churches and temples and every type of house of worship have declining membership. Attracting and maintaining young families is a huge focus for membership growth. Part of the reason we don't attend regular services are because of the timing and the fact that it would be both impractical and cost prohibitive for us to hire a babysitter for 3-4 hours every Friday night. While I agree there is a time and a place (i.e. maybe not in a bar on a Friday or Sat night) for children, weekly worship services most certainly ARE the time and the place. Once you become comfortable then leaving your child with volunteers seems appropriate but it should be at the parent's discretion.
Honestly, some of these posts make me very sad. When did children become a population that should be hidden away? How will they learn how to behave if they are not provided the opportunity to actually be in situations that require you to listen and behave?