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[quote=Anonymous]3-4. Nursery ended at 3 and there was no children's ministry in the summer so during the summer they were there for the duration. We're Anglican so it wasn't a short service, either. But since everyone else was in the same boat there wasn't an expectation of complete silence or anything. In my experience the earlier you rip off the bandaid and just decide you are going to make it work, the better. Take them as infants and do what it takes to be there, even if you are holding your kid in a hallway somewhere because they hate the nursery. And another tip as someone with kids now in elementary school and middle school - in as much of a behaviorally appropriate way, make them participate in the service. By preschool they should be able to sit with a quiet toy or two or three, but in a non-distracing way. You just have to keep an eye on it and enforce that. By early elementary school age they should be able to do some of the liturgy (singing, standing, reciting, sitting, kneeling along with the congregation depending on how much of that your congregation does) and then doodle/copy some notes you write during the sermon. Once my kids could write I would write each major point on a page for them to copy - it keeps them occupied and teaches them how to identify the major points. By mid-elementary they can move to taking their own notes. It's great practice for school. Then you can ask them about the notes in the car. It's totally fine if they are also doodling in their notebook quietly just as long as they are also generally listening. Families who bring their 6th grader to church only to have them reading a novel during the sermon baffle me. If your kid can sit through middle school language arts they can pay attention to a sermon. This is, of course, barring special needs (those kids should still absolutely be there and with whatever accomodations it takes).[/quote]
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