When kids are noisy in church, Are you affected?

For me it depends on how extreme the disturbance is. I don't like it when parents let their kids run up and down the aisles or sing loudly when it is not time to sing. Or if they let them lay on and/or bang the benches, draw on them, or in the hymn books. I have seen it all. Our church is very kid friendly, and a lot of people claim it doesn't bother them. But I have seen the faces and have been the recipient of some 'looks' in my direction. We keep our kids as quiet as possible, but with three it's sometimes a bit hard to do. But I can say without bias that ours are among the best behaved ones. Our youngest usually stays in the church nursery. But on few occasions they have special things they do with or for the children and they want him in church. The other two may or may not get along. My husband and I sit in the middle between them to keep them separated. But my middle child is prone to fits and although for some odd reason she is usually quiet in church she once had a full blown one in the middle of the service. Unfortunately, I couldn't remove her fast enough before the entire church had to hear "I hate you mommy!" LOL Anyhow, they are usually in church only for about ten to fifteen minutes. Then they have a 'children's time' with the minister in the front where the day's topic is discussed in terms the little ones can understand. Then they are sent off to children's church, where they read a bible story fitting for the day's topic and talk about it. That's for Kindergarten and up. Pre-schoolers and younger go to the nursery. "Children's time" is before the second reading and before the sermon. Unfortunately, if it is a special day, the kids get to stay in church. And my nerves are frazzled by the time church is over. Oh, our church also keeps coloring books and crayons in the back for the kids to grab and color in. That keeps them quiet (unless they fight over the crayons, lol).

There is saying that " you can see the God through the Children" - It doen't say that you will see the God through the noisy making children in the church. I agree with you the noisy children will not allow in the church and its the duty of the concerned children's parents and also the church incharge has to organise a separate play area for these childrens. we are going to church to get peace and to pray in silnce. God bless the Disurbing kids dubai jana

Yup, definitely. In church for instance, they cause distractions and parents have responsibility to them. I wonder how parents just tolerate misbehaviors from their children...But I understand it has also something to do with one's culture and upbringing....parents were once children too , and sometimes the type of upbringing they had mirrors the type of parenting style they have on their children....

i went to church with my daughter and a wedding and she talked and cried the whole time. I was embarrased, but no one else seemed to mind. I think most commonly decent people have respect and understanding for children.

I can tolerate a small child's crying. I know we were all children once. :) But when kids talk out loud constantly, or scream and holler, the parents need to take them out. I am for children sitting in church, too. There is no better place to learn to behave. I only had to take my son out once for talking, and I never had a problem with him after that. And, I think he was about 2 then. My daughter has 4 children. When the 3rd one was a baby, she was sitting in this church and her daughter, who was about 4 at the time, worked her way to the altar. She always wanted to get near the preacher when he was preaching. She was very quiet, never talked, but just wanted to be near him (she did it in my church and the preacher didn't mind). The minister was visiting and stopped to tell someone to get that kid, that he thought kids needed to be in children's church. A woman rushed up to get her when my daughter politely got the hand of her kids (3 at that time) and ushered them out the door, never to return.