It needs to be taught and understood that we love and respect all of the people whom Lehi described.8 Remember, it is not up to us to judge. Judgment is the Lord’s.9 President Thomas S. Monson has specifically asked us to have the “courage to refrain from judging others.”10 He has also asked every faithful member to rescue those who have [...]
In the general Relief Society meeting of September 2006, President Gordon B. Hinckley related an experience shared by a divorced single mother of seven children then ranging in ages from 7 to 16. She had gone across the street to deliver something to a neighbor. She said: “As I turned around to walk back home, I [...]
President Ezra Taft Benson taught: “In an eternal sense, salvation is a family affair. … “Above all else, children need to know and feel they are loved, wanted, and appreciated. They need to be assured of that often. Obviously, this is a role parents should fill, and most often the mother can do it best.”10 But [...]
“Parents can plant seeds in the hearts and minds of their children only if they know where the children are and what they are doing. Parents should not leave the teaching of their children to chance.” –Joseph B. Wirthlin, Ensign, May 1989, p. 9 Scriptures: The cursing may be upon the heads of your parents, 2 [...]
“Let the parents in Zion give their children something to do that they may be taught the arts of industry, and equipped to carry responsibility when it is thrust upon them. Train them in some useful vocation that their living may be assured when they commence in life for themselves. . . . all in [...]
“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.
(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 to [...]
