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Tag Archives: children
It’s Time for Sharing
There’s a new Bloggernacle blog out that I wanted to highlight today. “It’s Time for Sharing” is a new blog for Primary teachers and leaders. As time goes on, they hope to cover all the Nursery, Sunbeam, CTR, and Valient … Continue reading
Poll: Dedicated Children’s Church Classrooms
Thank you to Jenne for suggesting this poll topic. When I attended a baby blessing at a friend’s LDS ward building, I was thrilled by their nursery room. The room had windows on the doors so parents could check on … Continue reading
Posted in guest post, Primary lessons, Teaching
Tagged children, church buildings, Primary
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If You Chance to Meet a Frown
I teach nursery. It’s a nice place to be: snacks, dancing, and simple lessons focused on basic gospel principles. No one in the back is raising their hand and bringing up Adam-God. In fact, no one raises their hands at … Continue reading
Guest Post: Is There Divinity Without Motherhood?
by DefyGravity (DefyGravity just graduated from BYU in theatre education and history teaching. She’s a theatre addict, avid reader, anglophile and has been a raging feminist since she was in junior high, which fortunately hasn’t scared away her husband of … Continue reading
Mothers Blaming Themselves
A few weeks ago, my husband and I were lying in bed talking about our day. I told him that the kids were just awful that day — never ending tantrums, whining, etc. His response was sweet as he gave … Continue reading
on attending baptisms
Our little family (husband, son, and I) have not been to church in quite some time now. We’ll, I take that back, son and I have been attending the local Friends meeting off and now for almost a year, but … Continue reading
Poll: Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Sacrament Meeting
During the past several years, I have rarely had a spiritually enriching experience at sacrament meeting. I am too distracted because I share a pew with the rowdiest people in my congregation. I sit with this irreverent lot because I … Continue reading
Book Burning “Friends”
Remember that cute story in the Friend about the eight-year-old who read some bad words in a children’s book she checked out from the school library? She went home and talked to her parents about it. They explained what the … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, parenting
Tagged book banning, censorship, children, education, literary freedom
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Mormons and Death: Childhood Pets
My sister and her family recently moved across the country, just a few days after their pet cat gave birth to four kittens. When my sister’s family arrived in their new state of residence, they stayed with a friend of … Continue reading
Posted in death, grief, parenting
Tagged animals, children, death, Mormons and Death, motherhood, pets
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Guest Post: What Sheep Taught Me About Motherhood
by Jesse (Jesse is a confirmed science nerd, writer, runner and mother of two children. She completed my undergraduate and graduate work in Biology, and served a mission in Temple Square.) The other day I read a story about some scientists … Continue reading
