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Relating to Your Son or Daughter Experiencing Same-gender Attraction: Advice to Parents
Mormon Life says: In conjunction with today's featured article, "Our Story: Living with Same-sex Attraction" by Ty and Danielle Mansfield (click here to read), we offer this excerpt specifically for LDS parents of children who experience homosexual feelings.
The following is an excerpt from Voices of Hope: Latter-day Saint Perspectives on Same-Gender Attraction, taken from the chapter “Perspectives for Parents.” Click here to learn more.ListeningAs we...
Parenting in the Tech Age — Mormon Channel episode
Mormon Life says: Click on the forwarding link to watch the episode.
Continuing our topic of parenting in the age of the internet, here is a Mormon Channel episode on the new Tech Savvy show. In this episode, “Parenting in the Tech Age,” host Elisa Scharton talks...
Parental Hypocrisy
In meetings when I was bishop, and with my wife, I have occasionally made comments about parents doing things that they don’t want their kids to do. I’m obviously not talking about parents driving and not letting their pre-teens drive.
Mormon Parenting: Three separate testimonies of God
Let us talk a little today about something that perhaps we should all think a little more about and something that we should try very hard to teach to our children. Not long ago, an interesting conversation began in a priesthood quorum about the three personages in the Godhead. After commenting...
{Poll} Mother's Day vs. Father's Day
Mormon Life says: Mothers and fathers are equally important in a child's life. How do the days in which we honor them compare?
Sunday will be my first real Mother's Day. Last year on that day, I was unhappily sitting in church, very pregnant, one day overdue with my son. Why couldn't he have arrived in time for Mother's...
Blending Families
Mormon Life says: In the Church there is a lot of focus on what is seen as the ideal family, but many people live in different circumstances than this stereotypical family.
When we talk about families, we frequently think of a certain ideal; a family where both parents are there, the kids are all little angels, and life at home is like living in a musical titled When...
Dave Says: Time to Play It Smart!
Mormon Life says: Our son is starting as a professional soccer player. How can we help him so he doesn't get caught up in a glamorous lifestyle?
Dear Dave,Our son is 21, and he’s embarking on a career as a professional soccer player. He’ll only be making about $30,000 a year, and we want to know how we can help him manage this money and not...
To the Happy Couple: You've Been Warned.
Mormon Life says: This dad wrote a letter to his newly-engaged son and his fiancee. It's a great resource to use for your own kids.
The MMM family is going to have it's first wedding! I mentioned it the other day in the "Diddy Kong" post here. The good news is that they are still engaged, and the even better news is that we are...
More on parents’ ‘nothingness’
One of the great things about weekly columns is the almost instant feedback that we writers get and the opportunity it gives us to stay with a topic that seems to be generating unusual interest. Last week, this column was on the remarkable promises that King Benjamin made to parents who could...
Dave Says: Don't Stay Down
Mormon Life says: Should I accept state assistance for children's insurance while I get back on my feet?
Dear Dave,I just lost my job due to company-wide layoffs. I have an emergency fund, but I’m losing my health insurance. Our state has a program that covers children’s healthcare in these kinds of...
Mormon Parenting: King Benjamin's fantastic promises to parents
Would you like your kids to “never transgress the laws of God?” Would you like your children not to “fight and quarrel one with another?” What most parents wouldn’t give for those two promises! Well, in fact, they are two of the 10 promises listed by King Benjamin — promises that will be ours...
Is Parenting Getting in the Way of Your Marriage?
Mormon Life says: Your spouse will rarely demand as much from you as your children, so it's easy to get overwhelmed by the role of parent and neglect your role as husband or wife. Figure out if you suffer from this problem.
One of the most common types of couples who seek help from me in couples counseling are new empty nesters. They often say something like, “Now that our kids are gone, we don’t know what to talk...
Fighting the Battle Against Pornography
Mormon Life says: Pull the rug out from under pornography. Brush up on why we need to worry, who pornography is affecting, how to prevent it, how to get help, and why—amidst this daunting plague—there is still overwhelming hope.
Pornography is an issue that’s been swept under the rug for years. But it’s 2012, and we’re running out of rugs. In a world where pornography is not only accepted but applauded, our brooms need to...
Dave Says: Boundaries . . .
Mormon Life says: My fiancé's adult daughter doesn't show responsibility. What do we do?
Dear Dave,I’m getting married to a wonderful man, but his 19-year old daughter from a previous marriage is very irresponsible. She doesn’t want to make her own car payments and doesn’t want to...
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