How To Talk With Teenagers about Religion
Teenagers and young adults are increasingly interested in talking with their parents about spiritual and religious matters. As children mature into adolescence, they tend to spend less time with their parents in joint activities but more time engaged in conversation....
8 Skills To Prepare Your Children To Be Missionaries
The article “Raising Missionaries Right: 8 Skills Parents Are Overlooking” provides ideas on how parents can help prepare their children emotionally and socially to serve a mission. Whether you’re trying to raise a missionary or not, these eight skills can...
Tips for Teaching Repentance to Teens and Younger Children
Repentance sometimes sounds scary or confusing to children and teenagers. The article “10 Tips for Teaching Repentance” provides tips for teaching repentance in a loving, empowering way. Here are the first four tips from that article: Keep it simple. You...
Building Emotional Resilience With Youth and Children
Emotional resilience is the ability to adapt to emotional challenges with courage and faith centered in Jesus Christ. Research shows that a supportive, nurturing relationship with an adult is a strong predictor of resilience in children. The following two resources...
How to Get the Most Out of Parent-Child Time
Spending time with children is one of many ways to love and support them. But parents often have difficulty finding as much time as they would like to spend with their children. The article “Getting the Most out of Parent-Child Time” provides strategies to...
Christlike Parenting: New Resources From the Church
The Church provides resources, useful information, and practical ideas for parents in a new section, “Christlike Parenting” in the Life Help section of Gospel Library, or by going to parents.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. The resource outlines ways to create loving...
Articles About Teaching Sexuality from a Gospel Perspective
One of the most common questions parents have is when and how to talk with children about sexuality. Youth and young adults are often scared or uncertain about sexuality. Parents, where have your children learned about sexuality? From school and the media with a...
Supporting Your Child’s Growth
The Children and Youth section of the Church’s website has a series of articles to help parents improve their ability to support their child’s growth. The Supporting Your Child’s Growth page provides Ideas for parents on how they can help their children...Follow on social media