I don't think a wedding is any place for a child. I recently photographed a ceremony and reception and got a little irritated by the way parents allowed their children to behave. The kids stayed in mom's lap during the ceremony but while the family was toasting the bride and groom the kids were running and dancing and lifting up their skirts and ruining photo ops. they were loud, they were distracting and their parents were doing nothing to keep them under control. The reception was another matter. Kids are always finding a way to stick their dirty fingers into the punch bowl and into the food. If it's an occasion where people get really dressed up, then it is not appropriate to bring your small children. Get a babysitter!!!
Here is how I plan on preventing this kind of behavior at my own wedding:
1. state clearly on the invitation that childcare will not be provided.
2. I won't have my wedding in the gym at the LDS church building.
3. I might even say on the invitations that a full service bar will be available so they will know that it means grown-ups only.
I'm not sure if it is just because the LDS community is so kid friendly that people think they need to bring their 4 year olds to a wedding reception but I plan on putting a stop to it, at least in my own life.
What about the kids of the family who is involved in the wedding? How are they supposed to find a babysitter? Easy, provide a babysitter for those kids and if someone else happens to bring a child they can toss them in with the rest of them. I tihnk it's important that adults understand that a wedding is a formal occasion and kids aren't capable of behaving like adults.
Some people don't mind it, bring on the kids! But I mind it. Especially when their rude parents refuse to control their rambunctious offspring and allow them to ruin important moments of someone else's very important day.
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