All ages

We had a service at church today to which all the different age groups went. Normally anyone under the age of 18 is off doing fun things relevant to their age group whilst the adults stay in their own group in the main hall. The service was good but our children are not used to sitting in that environment for that long and so were quite fidgety towards the end. It's hard to know what the solution is. Do we make these services so child friendly that they stop being relevant to the adults that come, do those with children stop going so that their lives are made easier or do we persevere and help our children learn the invaluable life skill of listening, or at least appearing to be listening, or at least not stopping anyone else from listening?

Personally I think the perseverance approach might be the best or we may well end up with a generation of people who only go to church because it entertains them and not to worship God.