By Alison Palmer
Scripture: Joshua 1:9

Song: “Love is Spoken Here,” Children’s Songbook, 190

Preparation: Gather five index cards or pieces of paper and write the five fundamental practices that Elder Lawrence identifies on each card: family prayer, family scripture study, family home evening, family dinner, and regular one-on-one interview with each child.

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By Richard and Linda Eyre
Too often today, when one talks about or hears about “parenting,” it is about how to get kids to behave or how to get them to succeed at school or at sports.  Sometimes it seems like the whole idea or goal of parenting is to get our kids at worst not to cause us any trouble or embarrassment, and at best to give us something to brag about or to be extensions of our own egos.

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By Nettie H. Francis
My child should be in A.P. Primary,” the mother said, looking at me seriously. As the primary president, I had just informed her that her daughter’s January birthday would hold her back from the Sunbeam class for another year. “But she just barely misses the deadline by 14 days, and she already sings all of the primary songs,” the mother insisted. “It would be unfair to make her attend nursery for another year.”

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By Nettie H. Francis

I am NOT a politically correct mother. I discriminate based on age and gender, and whether or not you’ve finished your homework. (For example, those who have may go out and play.) I insist that girls wear dresses and boys wear ties to special occasions. I teach my girls to cook and sew, and my boys to dig ditches and mow lawns.

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