by Larry Richman | Nov 13, 2014
The Facebook page Help Your Teens Play it Safe offers a few tips parents can use to keep their kids safe on Facebook. Facebook lets you control the audience of your posts. Therefore, encourage your kids to review their privacy settings and to make sure they consider...
by Larry Richman | Aug 31, 2014
The article “The Bad-News Kid” in the August issue of the Friend magazine teaches children how to be nice to others and not shun them. Here are other resources about bullying: The article “My Dad, My Friend” from the June is a great story about not bullying at church....
by Larry Richman | Jul 13, 2014
I would love to hear your ideas about a home-centered approach for teaching the gospel, with Church programs playing a support role. We are taught that “the home is the basis of a righteous life and no other instrumentality can take its place.” That means that parents...
by Larry Richman | Jul 7, 2014
The new book Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today’s Young Kids by Kristen A. Jenson gives parents a way to talk to their kids about a very difficult topic in an honest, upfront way that your kids can understand. It is a read-aloud story about a mom...
by Larry Richman | Jul 2, 2014
Annual training for stake and ward auxiliary leaders is now available online at annualtraining.lds.org. Improving Learning and Teaching in the Home and the Church The training material is focused on principles that guide learning and teaching in the Savior’s way....
by Larry Richman | Jun 4, 2014
The Church provides resources to help parents in their responsibility to prepare their children to be baptized and to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. The article “Resources Help Parents Prepare Children for Baptism” lists several principles and...
by Larry Richman | May 13, 2014
The article “A Friend in Me” in the April issue of the Friend magazine teaches children about including other people, especially people who could use a friend. Another good resource for teaching children how to get along with others is the video shown...
by Larry Richman | Apr 4, 2014
The Church provides several General Conference activities for children at ConferenceGames.lds.org in multiple languages to help them enjoy and learn more from listening to general conference: “>A General Conference Notebook for children to write or draw about...
by Larry Richman | Feb 27, 2014
Discussing things with your kids now can help them be prepared for events in the future. The February issue of the Friend magazine has the following ideas for children about what to do if they see something bad on a phone, TV, computer, or game device, or in a book or...
by Larry Richman | Dec 24, 2013
Christmas is a time when we can all learn from a child’s gratitude and love for Jesus Christ. See the meaning and the story of Christmas through the eyes of children in the video “Kids and Christmas.” In the video “Picture a Christmas: Kids Tell the...
by Larry Richman | Dec 17, 2013
The article “Gifts You Can’t Wrap” (read text or see PDF) from the New Era magazine reminds us that some of the greatest gifts we can give at Christmas are those we can’t wrap. Here are some unforgettable gifts that young people can give their parents:...
by Larry Richman | Dec 17, 2013
The website for the Friend magazine (friend.lds.org) offers coloring pages, videos, stories, and activities that celebrate the birth of the Savior.
by Larry Richman | Nov 15, 2013
The Resources for Teaching Children provides stories, activities, articles from the Friend and Liahona, and other Church-approved media for teaching children at home or in church. The resources on the site are organized by topic and by Primary lesson. See “Resources...
by Larry Richman | Oct 20, 2013
The video below by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reminds parents to spend time with their children. Here’s a similar video, “The Answering Machine.”
by Larry Richman | Oct 5, 2013
The Church provides several General Conference activities for children at ConferenceGames.lds.org in multiple languages to help them enjoy and learn more from listening to general conference: A General Conference Notebook for children to write or draw about...