Aug 8 2011 by Jeff
“Well-taught doctrines and principles have a more powerful influence on behavior than rules.” –Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign, Nov. 1999, 79
Tags: doctrine, parenting, teaching
Mar 28 2011 by Jeff
“It is folly to imagine that our children will grow up with a knowledge of the gospel without teaching. . . . I may know the gospel is true, and so may my wife; but I want to tell you that our children will not know that the gospel is true, unless they study it [...]
Tags: children, gospel knowledge, parenting
Jun 10 2010 by Jeff
The following story was related this past Sunday in church by a good friend of ours, Jess Arbon. After church I asked him if I could share this. He agreed. “When our son Austin started nursery he was pretty reluctant to have anything to do with it. If any of you know him, he is [...]
Tags: Jesus Christ, love, parenting, patience, plan of salvation
Nov 3 2009 by Jeff
“Slow Dance” By David L. Weatherford (Accessible online here: http://www.davidlweatherford.com/slowdance.html) Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round, or listened to rain slapping the ground? Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight, or gazed at the sun fading into the night? You better slow down, don’t dance so fast, time is short, the music won’t last.
Tags: family, parenting, purpose of life
Mar 28 2009 by Jeff
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoTsfHEnUIY] (How to Download Video – Direct Video URL = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoTsfHEnUIY) This song has special significance to both the Husband and the Wife in our family! When ever we have struggled with being parents this song has helped us to remember how we should act with our children, but it has so much more meaning [...]
Tags: example, Jesus Christ, love, parenting
Mar 26 2009 by Debbi
My Eternal Family taken from the 2009 Outline for Sharing Time (Sheet Music) My Eternal Family I am a builder working each day to build my family. And I will do the best I can to serve them lovingly. I am a builder growing so tall and learning everyday. To speak with kindness in my [...]
Tags: family, marriage, parenting
Mar 24 2009 by Debbi
Taken from “I Am a Mother” by Jane Clayson Johnson page 11 The principal business of a mother’s life is loving and nurturing her children; it is teaching them, by example, how to pass on that love and thereby strengthening the world around them. Through the short time of 7 1/2 years I’ve been [...]
Tags: example, family, parenting