Comments on: Do You Pray With Your Kids?

By: Eva

Eva — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:20:29 +0000

I have so loved reading comments to your article which has been very eye opening by the way. Some have left me laughing so hard, and others touched me deeply.
My 6yr old son and I pray together before meals, and before bedtime, although he prefers to sleep on the couch first. Lately he insists on praying more, and prefers if I dont pray after or before he does, which makes him feel that his prayers are good enough for God to listen to. The most interesting thing is that he has nailed “thankfulness” in his prayer. He will always be thanking God for the food on the table, for the day, the night, the day tomorrow, his exams…. basically everything. I am trying to introduce all other aspects of prayer slowly, especially the prayer for forgiveness and repentance. That is how I got here to your site, I was googling praying for and with our kids. Love your site!

By: Dustin

Dustin — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:27:43 +0000

Man o man, I am excited to have you here, Nikk! I like the wisdom and patience prayers…I could certainly use the grace of patience some days.

Again, welcome to the community here at Engaged Marriage! If you happen to read this comment, would you mind sharing how you found this blog?

By: Nikk

Nikk — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:41:21 +0000

Man o man, I am so excited to have found this blog!

We pray with our 2 year old (and have since he moved into his own room)
We usually pray the ” Now I lay me down to sleep…” prayer and then a more personalized prayer. my little guy always loves to remind us to pray… he says don’t forget to say “Dear Jesus!” We usually pray for patience for mommy, wisdom for daddy and understanding for Bastian (he has a 3 month old little brother now)
When we give him time in the end of our prayer to add things, he usually says nonsense things like “God bless my pillow and my blanket and my curtains…” but I think we are getting there!!

Again, I am pumped about this blog!!

By: Wendy R

Wendy R — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:36:59 +0000

Ha, thanks for the compliments, Dustin! I would say the biggest setbacks from starting my own blog are a) how far behind I am on my personal blog, b) watching my grammar–when I comment on someone else’s blog, less scrutiny , and c) it does take dedication and fresh ideas. I admire your dedication, because it must not be easy to come up with new blog topics regularly. Additionally, sometimes topics dealing with families and marriage stir up controversy, even when you didn’t intend for that to be the result, and the refereeing afterward could also be stressful/time-consuming.

Can’t rule it out someday, though. Keep up the good work here at EM!

By: Dustin

Dustin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:50:18 +0000

Thanks, Tim! I couldn’t agree more that building in a consistent routine is vital, even when our children are infants. Kids crave consistency in their lives, and I think integrating some healthy spirituality is really key.