REGINA: What can parents do to help little kids at Mass?
DR. KWASNIEWSKI: If parents come equipped with picture books for the littlest ones and missals for those who can use them, and if the parents are willing to "tag team" when children are fussing or crying, all the children will eventually acclimatize and come to love this solemn and beautiful time. For more, I would draw the reader's attention to a pair of articles published at OnePeterFive: "Helping Children Enter into the Traditional Latin Mass" Part 1 and Part 2.
REGINA: What is it that attracts children and teenagers to traditional worship?
DR. KWASNIEWSKI: I think the answer is just how obviously sacred it is. We are not at a sing-along, a birthday party, a catechism lesson, a boring adults' event. We are in the presence of the thrice-holy God, with a hushed silence, strange music, clouds of incense, an exotic language, women wearing veils and men obviously intent on something.
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