Started making it a point to have my kids lead prayer at dinnertime instead of always doing it myself. My 8yo literally said 'thank you God for my chicken nuggets and my dad' and I just about lost it. These moments matter. It's helping them understand that prayer isn't formal or stiff, it's just talking to God about whatever is on your heart. Small thing but it's been changing the whole tone of our meals.
We do this too and honestly it's one of my favorite parts of the day. Even though my son is only 6 weeks old obviously we're not there yet but I'm looking forward to when we can do this as a family. How old are yours?
Love this. Pizza night is sacred at our house and we always say grace before we dig in. My kids have gotten really creative with their prayers over the years. Sometimes funny sometimes touching. Definitely recommend letting them improvise instead of having them repeat the same thing every night.
Love this approach. My oldest actually opened up more about his faith after we started letting him lead prayers. It's like it gave him permission to think about it on his own terms.
This is such a great idea. My kids are 6 and 8 now and we started doing something similar about a year ago. At first my oldest was super self conscious about it but now he actually looks forward to his turn. There's something really special about hearing what they're grateful for in their own words.
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This is such a cool idea. I'm gonna start doing this with my kids. There's something powerful about letting them lead it instead of just sitting there while the parent does all the talking.
How old are your kids when you started this? I'm wondering at what age it makes sense to hand that over.