Mass Attendance

The ordained decry the lack of attendance and participation in Sunday mass by Catholics.  I think the Mainline Protestant churches do the same decrying.  Their focus is the worship service.  Behind this is the belief that one size fits all.  My Paulist classmate, Fr. John Hurley, CSP contests this.  One size does not fit all.  Lets look at this from the family perspective.  The parent(s) come to church with a eight year old, an eleven year old, and a fourteen year old child.  Each child is in a different level of worship and learning.  Each needs something geared to their level, which is not a single Word service that fits all.  Why not have three groups of children sent forth during the Word service part of the mass, to go and learn on each of their levels?  In my example you have elementary, middle and high school child.  The parent then can enjoy the adult readings and homily (hopefully).  The parent does not have to hear about how boring things are after mass.  Too often we write parents off as not caring.  Maybe they need a bit of help to address their issues and not the institution's agenda.