Empower Latter Day Saint Kids Blog
Winning the Battle Against Pornography Through a Faith-Focused Home
Pornography can destroy families and harm kids’ understanding of healthy sexuality. Our Families must build immunity to this incredibly negative force!
Finding Peace in the Storms of Life
As we all adjust to the new changes in our lives, I want to share some much-needed love, encouragement, and connection.
4 Everyday Truths I’ve Learned During our Family’s Quarantine
I hope life gets back to semi-normal soon, but I know I can be flexible whatever happens. I’ve learned that much. And I’ve grown closer to my Heavenly Parents. I know that whatever our trials, whatever our frustrations, They are on our side blessing us, guiding us, and listening to us.
Your Kids Can Stand Strong–With a Firm Foundation
In our modern age, our children are going to be confronted with so many varying ideas and beliefs that will conflict with their own. We must set an example and SHOW our kids how to be strong, confident, and resilient in the face of opposition.
Don’t Teach Your Kids to Be Cool! Teach them to Be Happy
I don’t want to be cool, and I don’t want my kids to feel they need to be “cool” either. I want them to focus on becoming better versions of themselves. I want to see my kids being honest, kind, and a voice for truth as opposed to a voice for what’s most popular at the moment, or what the world has deemed “right.”
5 Simple Ways to Help Your Child Gain a Testimony of the Scriptures
For a time, our children will “endure on borrowed light” from us, but it is crucial that we help them find and develop a light for themselves! But how do we do this?
Providing Simple Opportunities for Kids to Feel and Identify the Spirit
Consider the needs of each of your children. How does each of them learn? Do they learn through hearing a great story or testimony? Is reading the scriptures together the best way to teach your kids? Here are Five Simple Ways to Provide Opportunities for Our Kids to Feel the Spirit
Developing a Stronger Relationship of Trust with Your Kids
The depth of the love of parents for their children cannot be measured. It is like no other relationship. It exceeds concern for life itself. The love of a parent for a child is continuous and transcends heartbreak and disappointment. –James E. Faust
Teaching Our Kids to Follow Promptings: Out of Our Comfort Zones
Remember, it’s important our children know that hearing and acting on promptings is an ongoing process and takes practice!
More Than a Meal: 5 Ways to Deeply Connect at Dinner
The research can’t be denied. Family dinner is still one of the simplest and most powerful experiences for strengthening kids.
Stop Comparing Your Kids to the “Perfect” Families in Social Media
Instead of comparing our children with the filtered pictures we see online, here are three ways we as parents can help our children to be their best selves and build their self worth in the digital age.
