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Review of How to involve your children in your wedding with love and caring

Posted: 18 Jun 2025, 08:01
by Magdalyne chebet
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "How to involve your children in your wedding with love and caring" by Rebecca Moore.]
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5 out of 5 stars
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For a successful wedding, there must be effective planning to ensure every aspect of the wedding is perfect. During the planning stage, different roles are assigned to different age groups and individuals. This brings me to this question: how about children? What are their roles? How do we involve them in every stage? Normally, planners do not consider children as a part of the planning group because of their age and maturity. As adults, we tend to see logistics, timelines, and traditions, but children see weddings differently. What if there is a perfect way to involve children in planning, preparation, and the wedding ceremony?

Rebecca Moore's How to Involve Your Children in Your Wedding With Love and Caring: A Comprehensive Guide to Including Your Young Ones Ages 4–14 in the Planning, Preparation, and Wedding Ceremony offers interesting and perfect ways to involve children in the whole process. Understanding different developmental milestones is essential for assigning different roles to different age groups. The author states that when we understand how children function, we won't have difficulties involving them. How the author breaks down different roles for different ages is impressive.

Rebecca addressed a specific worry I had: how to handle co-parenting situations. As a way of alleviating anxiety, children would want familiar faces, like their parents. How would you involve your ex without causing any drama or bringing inconveniences? What if they bring their partners? How would you handle that? That topic was well addressed in the guide.

A wedding is not all about uniting the bride and bridegroom, but it is about uniting everyone, including children, to ensure they feel they're important too. Confidently, this is a guide I highly recommend for potential couples to read before starting any plans for the wedding. It teaches so many lessons, including how to involve younger children (4 to 8 years), preteens (9 to 12 years), and teenagers (13+ years) as flower girls, ring bearers, and in the decorations.

By reading the guidebook, I discovered the origin of flower girls in ancient Rome and ring bearers in ancient Egyptian ceremonies. I can confidently say this book has enlightened my understanding of weddings. There are parts of weddings that I didn't even know existed, like the sand ceremony. Thanks to Rebecca Moore, I now know that.

One area for improvement is the book's title—it is too long. The first part can be shortened to at least four or fewer words. The author also specified the age of 4 to 14 years; however, there were other parts where 3-year-olds were mentioned. I rate the book 5 stars out of 5 stars. There was nothing I disliked about the book. It was exceptionally well-edited, as I found no grammatical errors, and it was informative and educational.

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Re: Review of How to involve your children in your wedding with love and caring

Posted: 20 Jun 2025, 11:38
by Kibet Hillary
Wow, such a thought-provoking question, as often children are only brought to play set roles in weddings but not necessarily involved in the planning. And, indeed, the wedding is about uniting everyone. The review is informative, @Magdalyne chebet.

Re: Review of How to involve your children in your wedding with love and caring

Posted: 25 Jun 2025, 19:27
by Creole
Our experience has shown that involving children in the wedding planning process is a crucial aspect of the planning process. Often, their feelings and thoughts are not given the proper attention at the right time. 'How to involve your children in your wedding with love and caring' by Rebecca Moore is a practical guide that can shed a whole new light on this topic. The book offers invaluable insights and actionable advice that can significantly enhance your wedding planning experience and strengthen relationships. Thanks for highlighting this book.

Re: Review of How to involve your children in your wedding with love and caring

Posted: 25 Jun 2025, 20:20
by Gerry Steen
If children are involved in the process of planning the wedding, they will look forward to that day, enjoy it, and remember it for the rest of their lives. What a great idea to get them involved! This is a must-read for a harmonious wedding day.

Re: Review of How to involve your children in your wedding with love and caring

Posted: 28 Jun 2025, 04:57
by Stephen Christopher 1
In this era of blended families, involving children in weddings sounds like a logical step, but perhaps one that's not managed well. I believe this book will be a lifesaver to upcoming brides and grooms as they adjust traditional ceremonies to include their kids. Thanks for the awesome review.

Re: Review of How to involve your children in your wedding with love and caring

Posted: 30 Jun 2025, 21:10
by Julie Marie Basil
This sounds like a very helpful book for those who are getting married and already have children, and even possibly for those who do not yet have children of their own but would like to include nieces, nephews, or other children in their wedding day plans. Thank you for the thorough review!

Re: Review of How to involve your children in your wedding with love and caring

Posted: 30 Jun 2025, 21:34
by Anu Anand
This sounds like a truly thoughtful guide. I’ve never really considered how children see weddings or how important it is to include them meaningfully. Thank you for this insightful review.

Re: Review of How to involve your children in your wedding with love and caring

Posted: 15 Jul 2025, 10:36
by Helen Waziri
It sounds like How to Involve Your Children in Your Wedding With Love and Caring offers a unique perspective on wedding planning by focusing on involving kids in meaningful ways. The fact that Rebecca Moore addresses concerns like co-parenting situations and different developmental milestones shows a lot of attention to detail. I also like how she ties the roles of flower girls and ring bearers to historical traditions—there’s something special about understanding the origins of these customs.

Re: Review of How to involve your children in your wedding with love and caring

Posted: 15 Jul 2025, 17:19
by Etimbuk Eshiet
Thank you for such a thoughtful and detailed review! I love how you highlighted the importance of including children in the wedding process—not just as guests, but as meaningful participants. It's also great to hear that the book covers sensitive topics like co-parenting so thoughtfully. This sounds like a valuable read for any couple planning a family-centered ceremony!