tarawikh

Yes, the kids are noisy,
Yes, the kids are annoying (sometimes).

BUT,

that does not justify our act to prevent them from going to Mosque. Remember, they are kids. The parents are subjected to their acts.

Parents should demand the kids to pray NEXT to them. Educate about the importance of respecting others who pray, and the relevancy of praying at mosque.

And dont forget to praise them if they follow such demand and remain silent/ behave well.

If they try these, insya-Allah the kids will not run amok during prayers. Ive recently witnessed this, actually. They put the kids in between the guys, and the little girls to pray next to their mother and voila, they behave well.

Personal experiences during my younger years thought me that this method is effective, too.

Come to think again, if not Ramadhan, if not tarawikh i reckon the parents do not have such free time to bring the kids to mosque, right?

Mosque should welcome kids, so that when they grow up, they know that going to the mosque to pray is a cool thing, and a right thing to do. And that the mosque is one of the places for them to seek solace, rather than Doraisamy, Changkat or even Redbox.

To justify and understand my contention, read this.

Perhaps, this may help us all. And this, too (how interesting, they even provide the worksheet!).
Something new (of which we do not want this to happen here in Malaysia), read this.

P/s; This post is written due to an incident at a particular place, that made me ponder and think, seriously on the impact of minimal encouragement for parents to bring the kids to mosque and pray.