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Parent cornered me after service last month. Said her kid told her we taught dinosaurs and humans lived same time. We didn't. Kid apparently said we did though. Parent was mad. Really mad. Didn't matter what actually taught. Mattered what kid reported. Kids report things wrong

Volunteer texted parent last month about kid's behavior. Didn't tell me. Didn't ask. Parent was confused. I was blindsided. Volunteer thought helping. Boundaries exist for reason. Volunteers cross them? Everyone suffers. The Parent Texter Some volunteers text parents about everything. Kid had bad day?

Tried teaching honesty last week using Ananias and Sapphira. They lied about money. Fell over dead. Kids terrified. Will I die if I lie? Probably not. But maybe don't lie. Great job me. Now they think lying causes instant death. The Death Story Was A Mistake Ananias and

Told David and Goliath last week. Read it straight from Bible. Kids stared at ceiling. One fell asleep on floor. Next week told same story. Used voices. Did actions. Made sound effects. Kids were leaning forward entire time. Same story. Just told it different. Changed everything. Use Different Voices for

Kids think everyone in Bible wore bathrobes and had beards. Also think they all lived in same place at same time doing same things. Tried teaching about Biblical cultures last month. Total disaster mostly. The Egypt Problem Told kids Moses grew up in Egypt not Israel. Blank stares. What'

My kids won't sing. Like literally won't open their mouths during worship songs. Standing there with a ukulele I bought for eight dollars at a garage sale. Eighteen kids staring at me like I asked them to perform surgery. One kid's picking dried glue

My kids hate devotion time. There, I said it. Emma rolls her eyes when I pull out the Bible and Jacob starts asking if he can go to the bathroom every thirty seconds. Last week Emma asked if we could just watch Veggie Tales instead because "at least the

My 8-year-old told me I talk too much. Ouch, but fair enough. I do tend to go on and on when I'm trying to teach her something important. By sentence three, the eye rolls start. So I started stealing ideas from people who actually know how to keep

Sarah comes up to me after service looking stressed and goes "I can't do VBS this year. I know you're counting on me but my mom's having surgery and I just can't commit to anything else right now." My first