Mother’s Day is coming—a chance to be celebrated for great sacrifice—and though I spend my full time providing a sense of security, peace, and comfort in the world to a little person, it will be a long time before he has the inclination or ability to thank me for it. Until then, I know these are the things I can count as tribute from my two-year-old.
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What Every Mother of Teenage Boys Should Know about Pornography
When we learn our teen has an issue with pornography, we struggle to understand how someone we love and treasure could have turned away from our motherly embrace and toward images and videos we find disgusting and disturbing. I would like to tell you a story and offer comfort.
Looking Beyond the Day-to-Day: Taking the Long View of Parenting
“I don’t have the time to catch every little thing the kids do. I run a business, I have a large family, and I homeschool. Isn’t there an easier way to stop the bad behaviors than having to correct every one of them? I think I need the condensed, quicker approach to parenting,” said Gwen, a mother of six children from Illinois. If only it were that simple.
How to Prepare Your Children for General Conference
While adults may long for and excitedly anticipate the opportunity of cozying up at home and enjoying a relaxing weekend of five General Conference sessions back-to-back, our energetic, active children may not share in the same enthusiasm. How can we as parents help our children and ourselves be spiritually and physically prepared for a successful, spiritual feast?
Hurting or Helping Children: The Battle for Hearts and Loyalties
It’s easy to see how some voices mislead and hurt a child’s potential. Yet, these voices oftentimes come from people who say, or even think, that they are helping children. No matter the voice, the child is influenced. But two voices have a greater power to win the heart and loyalty of the children: the parents.
Is More Love at Home Possible?—On Fighting, Quarreling, and Contention
As a young mother I needed to know if I should parent like my parents, so I started reading child-rearing books, specifically seeking better ways to handle contention. It was tricky because the word contention seemed ambiguous, a one-size-fits-all generalization that included everything from spats at the dinner table to war. So, how do we handle it?
Your Hardest Family Question: How can I know if my son has a pornography addiction?
Our young teen boys have locked phones but one of them was given a smart phone from a friend. He’s had it for a long time and we just found out about it. He has been looking at some awful stuff. Is there anywhere we can go for help?
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