Today was stake conference and my kids were far from reverent...any tips or suggestions (other than food and coloring/reading).
This story was shared in one of the talks that I really liked. He was talking about mother hens gathering her chick and that if you come between a mother hen and her chicks watch out. He told of a firefighter who after a wildfire was walking the forest surveying the damage. He came upon the charred carcase of a hen. The firefighter thought what a dumb bird, she didn't even fly away from the fire. As he kicked the carcase he discovered her live chicks. She had given her life to save her chicks. Oh how I want to be like that mother hen and give all I have for my kids!
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That story touched me too. I was glad my kids let me listen to that itty bitty but very important part of the meeting. : )
ummmmm, my tip is just to wait about 5 years for them to grow up. stake conference is a killer! sometimes i sit in the relief society overflow room with small toddlers and give them toys and just forget about trying to have them sit still for the second hour.
BUT all of my kids love this game for church. each kid gets a post-it notepad and a pen. then they try to make flip books. some are really good. ethan's not so much. i know that it is supposedly better to make them sit with nothing and really listen to the speakers, but whenever we ask them questions about the talks, they always know the answers. i think that they listen almost better than if they were just thinking about how bored they were.
also, for older kids you can make an "investigation" notepad where they are supposed to gather facts about the talks. they fill in who gave the talk and the main points. i think you have to have a kid with the right personality to fall for that though.
You must be doing much better than you think if you came away actually hearing and remembering something that was said. Even if you don't get much, you are training your kids so that they will always attend stake conference, even when they have little ones!
Since my kids are ALWAYS so reverent - I should give you advice. Maybe some allergy medicine or a convincing death threat (I don't think you could do one). I guess I am not much help - sorry!!
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