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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 32899" data-attributes="member: 805"><p>If I had to kinda write a summary regarding my opinion on this topic and all the replies, I would probably begin with</p><p></p><p>"Being the parent of a difficult child is tough. Most places you go, when your difficult child is "acting up" you are the recipiant of rude stares and often rude comments. Most people do not understand what we deal with on a daily basis and tend to be judgmental regarding our parenting skills. This happens in parks, schools, stores, the mall, and church."</p><p></p><p>Basically, we cannot seperate out church from other places where people gather. Though we would like to think that church should be an enviornmnet free of judgement and full of acceptance, we have to remember that it is full of people. And many people of full of it!!</p><p></p><p>We seem to put more stock into being judged at church than being judged at the grocery store.</p><p></p><p>Faith is a sensative subject and perhaps that is why is matters so much. If I were to be judged and unaccepted by my church because of my difficult child, I would find another church. Just as if I were treated unfaily at a particular doctor's office I wouldn't go there anymore or if I were treated unfairly at a particular store I wouldn't go there anymore (financial sanctions are great). </p><p></p><p>It's like I told easy child one time when we were talking about boys. She was saying that this boy she liked was Christian, involved with the praise band at his church. I told her, kinda tongue and cheek, that just because he was a Christian, it didn't preclude him from having raging hormones. </p><p></p><p>Many an evil deed has been done in the name of religion. A house of worship doesn't always equal peace.</p><p></p><p>Sharon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 32899, member: 805"] If I had to kinda write a summary regarding my opinion on this topic and all the replies, I would probably begin with "Being the parent of a difficult child is tough. Most places you go, when your difficult child is "acting up" you are the recipiant of rude stares and often rude comments. Most people do not understand what we deal with on a daily basis and tend to be judgmental regarding our parenting skills. This happens in parks, schools, stores, the mall, and church." Basically, we cannot seperate out church from other places where people gather. Though we would like to think that church should be an enviornmnet free of judgement and full of acceptance, we have to remember that it is full of people. And many people of full of it!! We seem to put more stock into being judged at church than being judged at the grocery store. Faith is a sensative subject and perhaps that is why is matters so much. If I were to be judged and unaccepted by my church because of my difficult child, I would find another church. Just as if I were treated unfaily at a particular doctor's office I wouldn't go there anymore or if I were treated unfairly at a particular store I wouldn't go there anymore (financial sanctions are great). It's like I told easy child one time when we were talking about boys. She was saying that this boy she liked was Christian, involved with the praise band at his church. I told her, kinda tongue and cheek, that just because he was a Christian, it didn't preclude him from having raging hormones. Many an evil deed has been done in the name of religion. A house of worship doesn't always equal peace. Sharon [/QUOTE]
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