Swimmer963 comments on Raise the Age Demographic - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Plasmon 06 August 2011 07:34:58PM 2 points [-]

But I don't see parents taking their older, less-easily-amused children to meetups unless they're more like church: There should be more than one child; and space for them to play while the adults do adult things; and, depending on the geography of the venue, an adult to supervise them; or a more structured activity just for the children.

Do churches have these things in your area? The few churches I know of do not do this at all; children are simply expected to sit through long and boring sermons just like the adults.

Comment author: Swimmer963 06 August 2011 09:27:25PM *  2 points [-]

The Unitarian church that my parents took me too (both of them, actually, the one in Washington State and the one in Ottawa, Canada) had a Sunday school, with classes divided by age. I remember reading a storybook about Buddhism, coloring, acting out stories from the Old Testament, etc. There was a class for slightly older children (I was maybe 11) and that was where I got my first book about puberty, and the grownup talk that came with it. I don't remember finding Sunday school incredibly fascinating, but I don't remember not wanting to go, either. (My brother hated it and his resistance was the main reason why we eventually stopped going, but he also hated skiing lessons, cottage trips, and pretty much all the activities we did as a family.)

Comment author: handoflixue 06 August 2011 10:04:05PM 0 points [-]

I'll chime in and comment that even the small UU church I attend in Portland, that borrows space from another organisation, does this. It seems to be pretty common to them.