As a Primary child, I hated to sing. (And yes, Primary was thus a chore for me–at least it was if anyone hassled me about singing.) I didn’t mind just listening to it, though.

And more music for the sake of the children? I guess some children enjoy music in church more than mine do, but most of mine won’t open the hymnal nor sing along without explicit prompting each time, and are as oblivious to musical performances in sacrament meeting as they are to the speakers. (Primary can be quite a chore for children who don’t like singing all that much.) Perhaps it is some fault in my children’s upbringing that they don’t love singing and listening to hymns.

If we do the same to RS/PP and Sunday School – we could be outta there each Sunday is 2 hours.

Do I hear an “amen” for shrinking the high council talk down to 5 minutes and adding a primary song medley?

It’s a great day sisters and brothers.

I also have an “opportunity” to practice the Savior’s teachings if I get pistol-whipped in a dark alley. This is still not a compelling reason to hang around in dark alleys. Sometimes, instead of practicing the Saviors teachings, we can just adopt a better way.

Anyone experienced in Mormon rhetoric knows “opportunity” is code for “an bad attempt to justify something unpleasant by connecting it with God”, cf. trial.

When our kids were small, there was a counselor in the SP who was a real Nazi on kids making any noise at all. He would scan the congregation, and if your kid acted up in the least way he would give you a very public evil eye from the pulpit, point to the child in question and give a quick thumb motion meant to instruct you in no uncertain terms to drag the kid outta there. I found *his* antics annoyingly offensive.