I filed for divorce a year ago after years and years of being in a controlling and abusive marriage. Besides eventually finding out that my husband had a secret sexual addiction our entire marriage, my daughter, who is now an adult, told me that my husband molested her five years ago. How do I accept that my entire marriage was a lie? How do I forgive myself for failing my child?
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Brother David T. Lisonbee: 5 ways to talk to your son about serving a mission
A full-time mission can be a big part of the gathering of Israel. Yet, young men are constantly bombarded from all sides by messages, temptations and opportunities that distract them from serving. They may not recognize that this is the most important time in the history of the world to serve as a full-time missionary.
4 Simple Steps For Helping Youth Find Purpose In Life
Families preserve generational learning. This vital learning arms young people with lessons from the past as they combat trials along their life journeys. In an age when the elderly are being dismissed as antiquated, it is even more important that we realize how much impact a seasoned teacher can have on the heart of child.
One Easy Way to Increase Emotional Maturity in Children
The best environment for social emotional learning will always be the home, and the best teachers will always be loving, emotionally mature parents. So, how can parents raise emotionally mature children?
How to Teach Children the Gospel Principle of Gratitude
“And in nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things” (D&C 59:21). As a mother, it chaps me too when my kids don’t appreciate how good they have it. But in a world of a seemingly endless list of gimme-gimmes, how do we teach our children to be grateful instead of entitled?
Responding Well to a Child’s Pornography Use
What do you do if your child discloses that they struggle with pornography use? Do you cry? Get angry? Punish the child? You might feel scared about how their pornography use may impact their future. In this article, we provide some suggestions to consider as you seek to better understand and work through this struggle.
From Crisis to Connection: Building Trust with Our Children to Increase our Influence
If we want our children to learn from us, they have to trust us. I interview Emily Christensen, a Certified Life Coach, on how we can improve trust with our children to increase our influence in their lives.
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