Ellie-Mae
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Actually, we only take up 5 or 6 seats plus a wheel chair. If someone was disturbing enough to affect one of us, they would be affecting all of us. I wouldn't want my children to have to deal with distractions just so I don't have to.
What we do is position our selves strategically. I find people talking and giggling, children scribbling on papers, playing with toys, conversing with each other, trying to play with our kids, or laying all over the place extremely distracting. So we don't sit near kids who do that stuff. I still like having them in the service though. Fortunately, the people in our church tend to sit in the same spots in church. The people that sit in the front half of the left side always sit there. So it is pretty easy to pic an area that fits one's needs after you have attended a few times.
OTOH, a few rows behind us is a family with very handicapped young men. Sometimes they "talk" or make other disturbances, one crinkles paper to occupy himself. Strangely, that doesn't bother me at all.
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