Mormon mom to bless her baby at home

[_Sanctorian]

http://mormonmomblog.com/2015/01/20/not-my-baby/

This April, you won’t see us blessing our daughter in a church. Her father won’t hold her up, Lion King-style, in front of an admiring audience as I sit silently in the back pew. This decision makes us atypical among our Mormon friends. But I simply don’t like the message that the typical baby blessing projects—that Jang, as the head of our household, is the only one worthy enough to bless and present our baby before the congregation.

[_Bazooka]

I wonder if her excommunication will be at home too....

[_Arrakis]

Before the blessing, I remember asking the Bishop if I could record it, so that my son could later listen to his father’s words. That request was met with such a firm (if kind) no

Why?....all they wanted to do is capture it on video.

[_Zadok]

I wonder if her excommunication will be at home too....

Naw... they will just mail her a letter. (At home of course).

[_ludwigm]

This April, you won’t see us blessing our daughter in a church. Her father won’t hold her up, Lion King-style...

Lion King?
This couple seems to be a younger generation.

We used to learn --- aeons ago --- the way of wolves, the Free People:

There was very little talking at the Rock. The cubs tumbled over one another in the center of the circle where their mothers and fathers sat, and now and again a senior wolf would go quietly up to a cub, look at him carefully, and return to his place on noiseless feet. Sometimes a mother would push her cub far out into the moonlight, to be sure that he had not been overlooked. Akela from his rock would cry: "Ye know the Law--ye know the Law! Look well, O Wolves!" And the anxious mothers would take up the call: "Look--look well, O Wolves!"

At last--and Mother Wolf's neck-bristles lifted as the time came--Father Wolf pushed "Mowgli, the Frog," as they called him, into the center, where he sat laughing and playing with some pebbles that glistened in moonlight.

... as I sit silently in the back pew.
...

See above:
"in the center of the circle where their mothers and fathers sat"

The Rock seems to be more democratic playground than the Chapel.

[_moksha]

Her father won’t hold her up, Lion King-style...

Lion King?

Pretty sure the writers of the Lion King has seen the TV mini-series Roots. The father holding Kunta Kinte to the sky and exclaiming, “Behold, the only thing greater than yourself”, was a wonderful scene. Wouldn't be the same just looking at a Mormon ceiling, even if there was a portrait of a young blond haired and blue eyed Joseph Smith to observe the proceedings.

[_ludwigm]

Pretty sure the writers of the Lion King has seen the TV mini-series Roots.

Or they have read Kipling...

[_son of Ishmael]

http://mormonmomblog.com/2015/01/20/not-my-baby/

This April, you won’t see us blessing our daughter in a church. Her father won’t hold her up, Lion King-style, in front of an admiring audience as I sit silently in the back pew. This decision makes us atypical among our Mormon friends. But I simply don’t like the message that the typical baby blessing projects—that Jang, as the head of our household, is the only one worthy enough to bless and present our baby before the congregation.

Might as well, Her blessing will be as useful as anyone else's.

[_cognitiveharmony]

This reminds me of the old Superman vs. Batman arguments.....who cares, it's all fiction anyway. With that being said, I'm for equality in any way it can be practiced or taught to children regardless of the circumstances.

[_Tchild]

If this mother really believed in baby "blessings", and other Mormons too, why not give a blessing every month, week or even daily?

If you have to petition even once, a deity that you claim is omniscient and all-loving, then you are claiming that your deity is a bit of a dolt, forgetful and had better be reminded to "bless" little Jr. It seems utterly ridiculous that the life journey of a person would or could be altered by giving, or foregoing a "blessing" for a newborn.

It is a nice religious placebo. In that regard, blessings make everyone feel good. In other parts of society, cocaine is the feel good choice for other folks.