Links to Non-LDS Parenting Sites
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| Building a Strong Family | ||
| You will want to study this section carefully. It can help you better understand your children and improve communications with them. This is a concern of most dedicated parents. It provides many real-life examples of how to effectively resolve some difficult family situations or problems when they arise. | ||
| A Parent's Guide | ||
| A guidebook to assist parents in teaching their children about gender, emotional intimacy, and physical intimacy at all age levels. | ||
| Family Home Evening | ||
| "Family Home Evening is a weekly observance of Latter-day Saints for spiritual training and social activity, usually held on Monday evenings" Encyclopedia of Mormonism | ||
| Your Greatest Challenge, Mother | ||
| "I know of no better answer to [the] foul practices that confront our young people than the teachings of a mother, given in love with an unmistakable warning." President Gordon B. Hinckley | ||
| Parents in Zion | ||
| In October 1998 General Conference, President Boyd K. Packer discusses how to balance family and Church responsibilities. | ||
| Like a Flame Unquenchable | ||
| In April 1999 General Conference, Elder Russell M. Ballard suggests "four ways we can build a fortress of faith in our homes and particularly help prepare our youth to be clean and chaste and pure, completely worthy to enter the temple." | ||
| Heart to Heart | ||
| One way parents can strengthen their friendship and communication with their children is to interview them regularly. This article from the June 1997 Ensign discusses the interviewing process and gives twelve tips for parent child interviews. | ||
| To Mothers in Zion | ||
| In an address given at a Fireside for Parents on 22 February 1987, President Ezra Taft Benson discusses the sacred calling of Motherhood and suggests ten specific ways our mothers may spend effective time with their children. | ||
| To the Fathers in Israel | ||
| In October 1987 General Conference, President Ezra Taft Benson describes the sacred calling of a father as the most important calling in time and eternity for a man; and one from which he will never be released. He also gives 10 specific ways to give spiritual leadership. | ||
| Strengthening Families: Our Sacred Duty | ||
| At April 1999 General Conference, Elder Robert D. Hales teaches parents how to strengthen their familes. | ||
| How to Encourage Scripture Study | ||
| A listing of specific ways to encourage your family to study the scriptures. Additions from site visitors welcome. | ||
[Editor's Note: These sites are non-LDS and all of the ideas they present may not be in keeping with the standards of the Church. However, there have a lot of good advice that is applicable to all parents. Those enlightened by the Spirit can separate the good from the bad.]
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| (See Daily Living home page; Teachings About the Family home page) | ||
