Child Friendly Weddings

 
Almost 50% of weddings in Australia are between couples who already have children (his, hers and/or theirs), and this presents wonderful opportunities to celebrate the wedding as a family event by including the children in the ceremony.

A child friendly, child-inclusive wedding goes beyond dressing the child up and having him or her walk down the aisle as a page-boy, ring-bearer or flower girl, act as an usher, or stand up with Mum or Dad (or Grandma or Grandpa) as a junior bridesmaid or junior groomsman.

The children who are important to you can be involved in your wedding in ways that strengthen the relationship between you, honour the child, and reflect your emotional bond with the child.

Exactly how a child is included in the ceremony will depend on that child's personality, age, relationship to the one or both of the marrying couple,  and the other ceremony choices you have made.

Where each of the marrying couple have children from previous relationships the wedding ceremony is creating a new family structure, and the feelings of the children about the wedding may well be mixed, so they should be carefully considered. Some children may want to be very involved. Others may not. I'm happy to include the children as much as they wish to be included in both the wedding and the planning process.

And there is no limit to numbers. If you wish to include nieces, nephews, grandchildren, or the whole of the Grade 1 class you teach, that's fine. I can suggest numerous ways of doing that.

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