Guilting 9 year olds into going to church?

What do you yhink about it? If you feel your mom is being pushy then tell her. If you don't want to guilt trip your kids ask her to not pressure them into church. I hate it when our relatives insist on taking the kids to THEIR church to leave them with perfect strangers instead of spending some good quality bonding time with them, which can be done at a park or simply at their home with one on one attention. Yet they get offended if you tell them no, saying they don't get to spend time with them. For them is just a pride thing to show people they bring their relatives to church. I have strong feelings as to how to react to people offering salvation to my kids to make sure they ask only once and to make sure my answer is clear. After that they don't usually bother them again. Your mom is like that to the kids because you allow her to be like that and never have stopped her guilt tripping. Just talk to her, tell her how you feel, make sure it is clear to her that you don't want her to

Taking kids to church sometimes is a great way for grandparents to show off their grandkids. They might see this as a special time with the grandkids. And also, it's hard to see those precious grandbabies grow up and grow apart from grandparent's favorite activities with them. Just discuss this with your mom, that you feel her statements are making the kids feel bad for not going. And good chance, Mrs Jan does miss them and wants to see them back in church (so that is not a guilt trip, it could be repeating what Mrs Jan says).

If you dont like what your mom is doing, tell her to lay off. Yes, it may upset her, but she has to realise that they are your kids, not hers, and she doesn't decide what they do and don't. She is pressuring and harassing your children into doing something they have no desire to do and as such, she is only pushing them further away from what she wants. If your kids want to go back to sunday school, the decision will be down to them - it's their choice as to whether they will accept it.

So why do you let her? They're your kids, Sunday School (and all decisions) is up to you, not her.

Well they are your kids. Not hers. If they dont want to go i wouldnt force it on them. They will only resent it in their teen years. Perhaps you can appease your mother by having devotions st home for 30 mins or so on the weekends so they still get the message.

It should be up to them what they want to do and not be pushed into anything. Religion is a choice not a necessity in life.

Is that a statement or a question?