Good Advice

For our enrichment activity a couple months ago I got to help interview families in the ward to see what their secrets were to having a successful family. I learned some wonderful things from these families I could have sat and listened to them talk for hours. The things I learned from them have stuck with me and for some reason I feel like I need to post them on my blog. So here are some of the ones I found helpful to me and hopefully they will be to you.

When raising children you have to have a sense of humor. You have to learn to laugh at what your kids do instead of getting mad. (you have to admit most of the time the things they do that we can be mad at are pretty funny!)

We need to listen more. We cannot always tell our children what we want them to do, we need to listen to what they want to do. You cannot make a child do something they don't want to do and sometimes if we listen close enough we will hear what they are trying to tell us.

Every child is different and we cannot make them fit the mold that another child has made. Treat each of your children differently and meet their needs because each of their needs are going to be different from one child to the next.

Make a special effort to do something nice for each of your children everyday, so they feel loved and wanted.

Family Home Evening needs to be short when you have little ones. Teach them simple things like how to make a bed, tie their shoes, cross the road looking both ways, brush their teeth etc.

Kneel when having family prayer and children will learn to be reverent.

Start taking children to church when they are tiny so it isn't a struggle when they are older.

Always be home when your children get home from school so they will know you will always be there to greet them at the door and they wont wonder where you are.

Treat your children like you would want to be treated.

Love your spouse and let your children see that love and they will know they are loved because of this.