Parenting Blog

Teaching intimacy can be scary!! What if we tell them too much? What if they are not ready for what we tell them? What if they don't take it seriously? WHAT IF THEY BECOME TOO CURIOUS?  These are all questions that parents fear when they think of teaching intimacy to their children. These are some concerns I had. My parents did not talk about intimacy or anything of the like. I wish they had. Luckily I had wonderful older sisters and young women leaders who I could go to if I had a question or concern. When it came time for me and my fiance to marry, I felt awkward going to my Mom because she had never been open with me about intimacy.  Teaching intimacy can be scary!! What if we tell them too much? What if they are not ready for what we tell them? What if they don't take it seriously? WHAT IF THEY BECOME TOO CURIOUS? I firmly believe that if parents can openly and appropriately speak to their children about intimacy they will be able to better prepare and enjoy ...

As I have taken this course I have been impressed by the topics we have learned. One of the biggest takeaways for me is how we can parent with love. Does love mean we never discipline, we are pushovers and we give our children all we want? When we look at what was taught in this course as well as what is provided by prophets, we can learn what it means to parent with love.  In Mosiah 4:14-15, King Benjamin is teaching his people and he says “And ye will not suffer your children that they go hungry, or naked; neither will ye suffer that they  transgress the laws of God, and fight and quarrel one with another. … “But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; … to love one another, and to serve one another.”(Mosiah 4:14-15, Book of Mormon) I think the word discipline can sound harsh and scary, however, I believe it is how we discipline that can be negative or positive to the child. King Benjamin states that we should not tolerate our childr...