Bedtime Tradition: She read an article on MSN. She had lots of freckles and kids made fun of
her. Every night her Mom would help her
focus on what was happy about the day.
At first he had to say the stuff he liked and disliked. Now we have to limit it to 3 items that they
are thankful for and happy for.
Your mental attitude is a habit that
we get into. We can change our heart
through the Atonement.
She stayed home while the kids were
little. Then Mike had back surgery and had
to retire early and she went to work full time.
It’s been an eye opener to see what happens when she walks in the door.
Class Member Shared: College daughter
still feels connected to home even while away at college because her Mom sent
her pillowcase and her Conference binder to her at college early.
Class Member Shared: Daughter was scared of her window, but last
night it wasn’t. She took the time to
validate her feelings. That’s really
hard for me. Talked it over with her and
took time to pray with her. I told her
that we have our Heavenly Father here to help us and not be scared. She is really hard to get anything spiritual
into her little heart. I need to grasp
these moments when I can penetrate her heart with the Spirit. She made the effort more than usual.
We have to be on the road going and
trying. It is hard. Change percentages.
We have kids that go to bed really
well and then they start not doing it.
You get in there and get to sleep.
Their life continues to change and have new experiences like we do. The world they see isn’t the world you
see. They can be exposed by something on
TV, something some says, to something that is new that is now scary. A friend tells them about a movie where a
robber broke in. It can be a story. There is input that we don’t know about. From time to time…your children are going to
push against the pricks. They start
feeling like they are older and suddenly they are pushing to see if you are
going to keep the same boundaries. They
aren’t going to tell you that. It is a
subconscious thing. They push and if you
maintain those boundaries they will back off and be happy again. We push against the Lord, but he keeps his
boundaries. Our principle boundaries
need to always stay the same, but the practices can change. Principles need to be solid and concrete.
Moses 1:39 Behold his is my work and
my glory to bring to pass the immortality of man.
Glory = happiness, my sense of
fulfillment.
Parenting….This is our work and our
glory in our home. It is work! It is also our glory. It is the greatest joy you have ever had.
As Sister Tanner looks at my kids and
raise their children that is my greatest joy.
Can you imagine if they were raising their kids in a way that wasn’t
good.
In those really discouraging moments
remember the “why”. There are truly
sacred moments you are having right now.
I envy you coming into the holiday seasons with little people.
General Conference:
One year when children were a lot
younger her sister came up to visit. She
had 5 children. They were all
playing. Saturday morning her kids watch
conference. Her kids came up and said
what’s going on. Her kids said
Conference is on Sunday. They didn’t
know Conference was on Saturday.
When we don’t train our children to
know that it is on Saturday and our Young Men don’t understand that Priesthood
session is an option. It is a
commandment.
Being a dictator doesn’t work. The things in our power are to create an
environment. We can’t force them to have
a testimony, but we create experiences where they feel our love and testimony.
Elder Bednar…Spirit will bring truth
“unto”, but they open the door and bring it “into”.
When you have little people it isn’t
about them learning principles it’s about them feeling warm fuzzies. It focuses on what we will do with conference
more than what you can’t do during Conference.
As we teach that principle that we
have living prophets to give them the knowledge and testify that is the truth
doesn’t take it into their heart. It’s
where we bring that truth to them and let them open the door get it in.
It’s fun because of how you set it
up. How you set it up is practices. Article of Faith #9 is principle. That needs to be taught! It distinguishes us from all the other
churches. How you do it is practices.
Food is a drawing card for
children. The bait is food. Anything that helps the child become
interactive. Their attention span is
short. Anything that helps them have
recall after they’ve heard it is a good hook.
It opens the door to take it from unto to into.
Conference wasn’t options. All 4 session. Our children would start early Saturday
morning laying claim to their turf. This
is my spot for Conference. One son would
take the afghans an roll them up and put them in a circle. That was his nest and no one could get into
it. Someone would bring blankets and
pillows. Everyone defined their
areas. Always make cinnamon rolls, sugar
cereal, all that fun stuff. Food is a
real come on.
Come Listen to a Prophet’s Voice
magnet board…mix up the pictures on fridge and put them in order. Play match with names and pictures. Use business card magnets on the back. It helps them to learn faces. These are up year round on the fridge.
Highly recommend conference
notebooks. www.lds.org they have
preparation for Conference. It gives you
a link to the packet. It’s fun for
primary age children. Give them part the
first day and part the second.
Tracy’s traditions: Conference binder….larger pictures of the
15. They take notes for whomever was
speaking. They keep their own notes under
that apostle.
Mary Popins “gallon bags” with the
prophet/apostle picture in the bag was an activity to do while they were
talking.
Pictures on the wall and put up topic
for each one.
Jars of candy in front with “topics”
on, when they hear it they get a piece out of the jar.
The purpose of Conference it to “Come
Listen To a Prophet’s Voice”.
The younger the children are the more
“fun” things they need, but you need to wean them as they get older to actually
listen.
If you want this principle to get
into, it has to be a living principle.
It isn’t momentary. It’s
living! The principle has life. I would recommend once Conference is over
each member of your family gets their own copy and you put their name on
it. This should go with their
scriptures. They can read in there on
their personal scriptures reading time.
The friend has good follow up. It should become your FHE manual for the next
6 months. Put a blank piece of paper
next to it. Let each one of your children
pick one of the 15. They are responsible
for teaching the FHE on whatever Conference talk they gave. As they give the talk, you need to prepare a
way for the family to implement it.
Name, Talk, Goal. It could last a couple of week…learn about
it, then activity on it. It doesn’t die
after conference Sunday. It lives on and
we focus on it and we testify of it and we make it a living part of our home.
Class Member Shared: Mormon messages….stories have been put to
animation on lds.org Good Sunday
activity. Mormon channel app. You can get them anywhere. We need to use them more often. They have been created to help teach the
youth and catch their attention.
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