Category: Parenting
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The Unintelligent Parent
The following is an excerpt from Relief Society Magazine: Guide Lessons For April 1927 Lesson IV Social Service (Fourth Week in April). Emotional Problems of Childhood—Jane and Henrietta Serious and difficult emotional problems are presented by the two adolescent girls, Jane and Henrietta. Both were the victims of unintelligent parents. The basis of these problems…
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My Son Is Not Baptized And That Is Okay
My son isn’t baptized. I’m okay with that and he hasn’t missed out on any blessings. My son’s mother has refused to provide permission for his baptism, and I’m not only okay with that, I support her decision. I wasn’t okay with it at first. When his mother and I decided to separate, I knew…
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Goodly Parents
Here’s something to consider when reading 1 Nephi 1:1. “I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents, therefore I was taught somewhat in all the learning of my father; and having seen many afflictions in the course of my days, nevertheless, having been highly favored of the Lord in all my days; yea, having had…
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A [Not So] Better Way To Say Sorry
“Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.” (2 Cor.…
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I Do Not Govern Them At All
“‘How is it that you can control your people so easily? It appears that they do nothing but what you say; how is it that you can govern them so easily?’ Said he, ‘I do not govern them at all. The Lord has revealed certain principles from the heavens by which we are to live…