Bound Feet
In third grade, my teacher taught us a little about China. The only thing I remember was that I heard of China’s ancient custom of footbinding for the first time. I learned that very...
Category: Family
Favorite Christmas Books for Kids
Every year, starting on December 1st, I set out a basket of holiday-themed children’s books, complete with a list of which books to read each year. Ideally, we would all sit together by a...
Emotional Labor: A discussion guide for partners and roommates
Are you about to enter a house-sharing relationship with someone? Would you like to reboot the divisions of emotional labor in your existing house-sharing relationship? Between getting married, living with roommates or extended family,...
Who is my mother? A contradiction in the Proclamation
I teach Sunday School in my ward, and when a lesson on the The Family: A Proclamation to the World came up in this year’s curriculum I asked someone else to take it. I...
Activity Days Lesson Plan on Heavenly Parents
I have a very special group of Activity Day girls. Many only come to Wednesday activities (because my co-leader and I pick them up). There was a time when I would have worried about...
Patriarchy Love Poetry
Want to say, “I love you,” to that special someone? And also, “I support the patriarchal order in the home”? Try one of these patriarchy–approved love poems for your sweetheart/head of household/helpmate. For her:...
Family Back-to-school Blessings
A few weeks ago, as the first day of school approached for my first first-grader, who was going to school for the first time, my husband turned to me one evening and said, “It’s...
Trump and His Anti-Family Policies: Hurting Mormon Families
Guest post by Chocolate Chip Biscuit The latest news with Trump’s move to eliminate DACA is yet another step in Trump solidifying his anti-family policy position. Unfortunately, I am well familiar with his...
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