“I would NEVER”
Before being blessed by parenthood, I had a mental list of things I would NEVER do as a parent.
I would NEVER put my kids in the basket part of the shopping cart. The label on the seats CLEARLY say not to do such things. But with three kids under the age of 4, one of which is faster than the speed of light, and shopping carts that usually only hold one child (expect at SAMS and some supermarkets), I have relaxed my stance on this one.
I would NEVER send my kids to the nursery during Mass. We’re the parents. They’re the kids. Shouldn’t we be able to control our children for 2 hours for Mass? Any good Catholic parent should be able to get their children to sit during Mass–or at least be quiet, right? Well, after recently being outnumbered, and realizing that someone’s screaming can be heard by the people in the front of the church when we’re in the cry room some 40 pews back, AND being blessed with a husband that was serving as an acolyte this morning, we tried out the nursery. And you know what? It wasn’t so bad. I only had to “shh” one child and I actually heard the readings AND the homily!