Tag Archives: Parents

Parenting in this day and age is difficult. I know this is something that is said in every generation and it is probably true for the time period. These days we see a rise in the celebration of sin and degradation of our society. People’s moral fabric is being sewn ...

Relationships are very broad and multi-faceted. They can be complicated, easy, loving, difficult, or tumultuous. The point is that in an average lifetime there are a variety of bonds, connections and love, and at times “hate” emotions that we will experience. Relationships are a part of us. Our parents for ...

I remember when it really dawned on me how much my parents had done for us kids. There were four children living under one roof in our blended family, two teenage boys and two girls in elementary school. Mom would come home from work and start dinner, cooking meat and ...

Obeying our mother and father ends when we enter adulthood, but showing them respect throughout their lives is a commandment from our heavenly Father.  Growing up, we were taught respect not only for our parents, but for other adults in our lives: aunts and uncles, grandparents, our teachers. All were ...

Most of the parents in the neighborhood where I grew up were disciplinarians. Children were expected to be in their own yard by the time the streetlights came on in the evening. Chores varied by household, but all of us kids had them. Some pulled weeds and helped mow their ...