All Stories from Feminist Mormon Housewives
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Teaching Modesty: A YM Leader’s Perspective
Mormon Life says: I like this quote from the article: "Young people are going to make mistakes, and it is the responsibility of adults to act like adults and not do the Full Freakout when the kids occasionally get it wrong, as they inevitably will."
For most of my adult life, I’ve had callings in the Young Men’s organization. Scouts, church sports, campouts, EFY, youth conference, you name it, I’ve been there and done that, and I have the scars...
Study: “What Moms Choose”
Mormon Life says: Working moms vs. stay-at-home moms. Interesting stats.
I’d love to try out a new feature- the Friday-free-for-all, where we post an article from a mainstream source and then come at it from an LDS perspective. What do you think? This week’s comes from...
Ramifications of being an imperfect mom
Mormon Life says: Apparently, moms (and their perceived negative effects) have been in the news a bit more lately. As this author says, it's shocking some of the things she has read!
If you came to my house on any weekday afternoon between the hours of 4-6pm, chances are good you might hear me before you see me. I tend to get a little stressed when four of us are doing homework...
We learned the wrong lesson from Martin Harris
Mormon Life says: An interesting clarification/point of view on a story we often discuss.
In the course of studying Matthew, we came across the story of the woman who begged to have her daughter healed. Christ told her he couldn’t help her because she wasn’t part of his mission, but she...
Four Years
I exercised this morning for the first time in four years. FOUR YEARS. The last time I regularly exercised was before I got pregnant with my fourth child in 2006. This morning, I started my step video and was already breathing hard when I heard the instructor say something about warm-ups....
Becoming like Christ
I finally put the last of the Christmas ornaments away (2 weeks earlier than last year). I figure it’s a good time to reflect on the Christmas season. (Hey, if Quimby can blog about Christmas in May, then January’s just as good, right?) In a lot of ways, this was my “worst” Christmas season ever....
Newborn No-Nos
I met the most enchanting newborn baby yesterday. You forget how astonishingly teeny-tiny there are - especially if your frame of reference is now a 37 pound two year old. After dropping off dinner and chatting for a few minutes, the mother mentioned she was worried about taking her baby to...
Understanding the psyche of the cool boys
I have one of those cushy, enviable callings that requires a minimal amount of preparation, no meetings, and no midweek activities; just a big bag of candy and an hour on Sunday mornings. I teach the 16-18-year-old Sunday School class. We meet in the high council room in the basement of our stake...
How to Boost Your Child’s Self Esteem
There are very few things in life that are more precious than your children, so it comes as no surprise that most parents are willing to do anything it takes to give their kids the best that life has to offer. Perhaps the greatest gift they can give them as they’re growing up is self esteem, that...
Little White Lies
In this parenting article that has been on our sideblog for the last few days, they describe a study in which children play a game and then receive a disappointing prize, like a piece of soap, and then are asked how they like their prize. This is to gauge the children’s propensity for and skill in...
Well, it Depends on Your Point of View
Mormon Life says: Exploring our own bias when telling someone else's history.
One of the first conflicts I discovered as Darius Gray and I began writing African American Mormon history was this: Whites tell the history of black Mormons a lot differently than blacks do. ...
Gimme some guilt with that birthday cake
Okay, it started with sloth, I confess. Birthdays are heavily concentrated in the last quarter of the year and the riotous revelry continues through December, ending with my own birthday after Christmas. By that time, I’m a dishrag and I just want everyone to leave me alone after a nice dinner...
With You
Mormon Life says: Beautiful post on returning to the temple after a prolonged break.
It began last week with some very hole-y garments. I found my recommend to take to Beehive Clothing. Could it be true that I last used it four years ago? I knew it had been a while, but I had...
Mourning the Children Who Never Were
I turned 39 this year, and I’ve been surprised at how this has affected me emotionally primarily because, as a single woman, I am facing the reality that I most likely will never have children. Apparently, all the promises I’ve been given regarding my future family-particularly in my patriarchal...
Is banning the burqa a threat to religious tolerance?
As a western woman with the freedoms to wear whatever I want (as long as it’s garment worthy) I secretly snickered when I heard that French president Nicolas Sarkozy wants to ban the wearing of burqas by Muslim women on French territory. Apparently, he wants to protect the dignity of women. ...
