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Going Down The Waterslide In God’s Embrace
Posted On May 6, 2019

Sara is the youngest of our three children. She was always more cautious than Emily or Andy. I don’t know why. We never tricked or deceived her. She was just …

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Feelings Come First
March 12, 2019

A Great Idea …“When children are in the midst of strong emotions, they cannot listen to anyone. They cannot accept advice or consolation or constructive criticism. They want us to …


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Teaching Our Children to Love and Serve Each Other (Part 2)
February 21, 2019

In the previous post we described a common sibling squabble and two of the most popular methods parents use to stop the battling: parental intrusion and lecturing. Both methods have a serious …


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Teaching Our Children to Love and Serve Each Other
February 20, 2019

Quarreling and bickering among siblings are painfully common in family life. While children are declared innocent because of the atonement (D&C 93:38), it is also true that “when they begin …


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RECREATIONAL REPENTING OF OTHERS
February 12, 2019

I was walking along Canal Street in New Orleans with Bob, a friend, colleague, and a good Catholic man. He described his continuing challenge to be the man he wants …


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Newton’s Third Law
February 2, 2019

Newton’s third law of motion teaches us that every action has an opposite and equal reaction. I suspect that his law applies to human relationships just as much as rolling …


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The Surprising Cost of Parenting Programs
December 21, 2018

by H. Wallace Goddard All ideas on parenting are not created equal, and some “good ideas” may not be so good as others. There is a general law that you get what …


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The Problem with Bribing Your Kids
December 20, 2018

By Wallace Goddard A big chunk of parenting time and energy is spent trying to get children to do some things or stop them from doing others. In the course of …


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When We Ask the Wrong Question We Always Get the Wrong Answer 
December 14, 2018

by H. Wallace Goddard Recently I served on a panel at a parenting conference. At the end of the panelists’ presentations we invited questions from the audience. A young and earnest …


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Solving Parenting Problems
June 8, 2018

Sometimes the harder we try to solve a problem with a child, the worse it gets. For example, when we nag children to hurry and get ready, they drag their …