Now this piece from No Greater Joy magazine was not written by the Pearls and there is absolutely zero mention of using the 1/4 inch plastic plumbing line on the rear ends of the children. But you know it must be just out of sight in this piece by Karen Sargent on sitting practice. Apparently she believes you must ‘train,’ and she uses the word train, your children to sit through church.

Quite frankly I don’t remember teaching the kids to sit through church ever being needed. Mine were pretty self controlled. But then again we were not sitting up front and center with the kids primed to perform either as she is describing here.

No matter what the author claims, anyone sitting right under the pastor’s nose will be involved in putting on a holier than thou performance. Training kids to sit during that seems a tad controlling.

Expecting a toddler or small child to sit perfectly still with no exceptions is unrealistic at best. Ignoring the needs of a child, the imperfect simple control, and urge to explore is frustrating for the child. It’s cruel to put a child under such pressures to be perfectly adult in those situations.

How much would you like to bet there was a switch involved?

Would like to know what is the harm in allowing coloring books, or quietly looking at a picture book? Other quiet activities while the adults concentrate on the sermon. It’s not likely those same kids are getting much out of the pastor’s sermon.

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