Didn’t have them myself and haven’t chosen any – most people only have them in their life for their christening it seems

Godparent are supposed to be good role models for your child and can be asked to take over the role of parent if something happens to the actual parents. I would look for good qualities, are they self sufficient, would they be good for/with my child etc

It will have to be family or a close family friend for me.

chose people that you trust your children’s lives on because that is what a godparent represents essentially

Choose people who will be around for the long haul, someone you’re not likely to have a falling out with.

Who every u think would b capable and raise them ur way. Or the way u would approve of

I would only pick family.

Definitely family or close friends

traditionally they were chosen to help the children in a religious way.. they are not guardians.

We chose life long friends as there weren’t any practising Catholic family members available. Traditionally, god parents are meant to support you in the moral and spiritual upbringing of your children, through that doesn’t really happen so much these days. We just picked people we thought would look out for our son and who he could confide in later if he ever needed to.

family or close life-long friends I’d choose

I chosen family members. I just think they are first priorities

The traditional role is to be a guide role model to them & if anything were ever to happen to you the god parents would raise the children.

I chose a family member and a close friend who is a wonderful mother to her kids. I would choose someone that I know I can trust 100% with my kids and they will always have their best interests at heart.

I think close friends make the best god parents.

We picked two of our closest friends for our two kids. We wanted to pick someone we could trust and we know if we picked then it will prevent arguments between the families.

Mine were friend and not 2 that were together – I wanted to make sure if something happened to one the other would be available

Family may be better, as long as you know the person will be a good candidate

As “god parents” its their responsibility to encourage and help the child explore their spiritual beliefs, however as you are asking this question I think you may be more thanking about “guardians” as mentioned in the post below. Just ensure whoever you pick is someone you can trust through thick and thin, someone your child feels comfortable around and someone who will always BE there.

We had naming ceremonies for our children rather than a religious version. For naming ceremonies they are referred to as gaurdians and their role is basically to be part of the childs life and be a good role model ( another adult they are close to, can trust and feel they could talk to) Each of our children have 4. Our close friends (husband and wife couple) and also my best friend whom I’ve known forever and is basically like an aunty to them and also my brother. It’s a very personal choice and you should choose whoever you trust to do the job.