Come as you are, but could you just…?

Rhiannon Goulding shares a personal parenting anecdote that reminded her that her children are unique and aren’t meant to fit a mould. This is true for those in our churches too

I was brought up in a traditional family. We went to church, and when we did we wore our ‘Sunday best’. Mum and Dad wanted us to understand that Sunday was a special day – no work or shopping; rather church then a great roast dinner and time spent together as a family. Mum was a good dressmaker and made us all smart matching outfits. Perhaps the lasting impression of donning special clothes was that church was a place where you should be on your best behaviour, not your talkative, fidgety, everyday self.