I've felt like I've learned a lot more this week as I have prepared more for class discussions. The topic was on parenting and especially parenting with teens. The purposes of parenting is to protect and prepare children to survive and thrive in society. And eternally to help them become like Heavenly Father. There are 4 character traits that we need as parents and children: courage, cooperation, responsibility, and respect. There are three types of parenting styles: permissive which is freedom without limits, autocratic which is limits without freedom, and active parenting which is freedom within limits. I learned a lot from the videos that had the many examples of different styles of parenting. One of them the mother was wondering how her son was doing and how he was worried about some things in high school. What we noticed that the mother did was she related to her own experiences, she didn't lecture, she validated his feelings, she was completely focused on him and not on other tasks like laundry. All of this will develop love and mutual respect between the parent and teenager.
Here's a great video from Elder Hales' talk on touching the hearts of the youth. Hope you enjoy!
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