I read/skimmed most of that article, and yeah it did sound a little more hostile and bitter than I'd like, but made some good points.
Things I liked:
-Churches need to realize that not every woman likes or is good with children (ie, nursery duties, Sunday School teaching etc)
-Many modern churches are too child/family centric, so singles, childless couples, etc can feel a little left out
-Parents can be way too focused on their kids and think they can do no wrong
Things I didn't like so much:
-It is a "privilege" to attend church. Come on, isn't that what Jesus spent his life preaching about - how church is for all people to come exactly as they are.
-Children can never understand religion. I've heard of little kids saying some really profound stuff, it makes me think that sometimes God can use them just like He uses adults.
Totally agree with snooch's comment about how churches focus too much on "how can we get people to church?" rather than "how can we lead people to Jesus?" I once had a conversation with my husband about mega-churches with super fancy facilities, and he said they could be necessary because they help lead materialistic people to God, people who would never think to enter a basic or run-down church facility. Interesting point, but I'm still not so sure how I feel about churches spending that much $ on frills like facilities when there are so many Christian causes that need financial support.
My church does things pretty well, IMO, especially since we're a pretty small church of only about 100 or so. They have a kids group that does 2-3 skit Sundays per year, which seems like a perfectly acceptable amount. And they have Sunday school, nursery, and youth group during the "adult" church service. I think that's a great thing to do for both the adults (get to focus on the sermon and not be interrupted by bored kids) as well as the kids (get to do something that is interesting and spiritually enriching at their level instead of sit through a service that goes above their heads). As well as a healthy kids group and youth group, we have some groups for adults - a men's group and women's group, as well as small groups that meet on a regular basis.
I remember they once had a survey they had the women do on what they wanted to see in a women's group, and I explicitly made note of having no interest in parenting/mothering/etc type topics since I myself am not a mother. I've never attended a women's group event because I've always felt more out of place in groups of my own gender and more relaxed in mixed-gender situations - but I'm happy they at least took the effort to gauge what women in the church are actually interested in discussing instead of defaulting to topics they assume all women are interested in.