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434. 7 Mistakes LDS Parents Make and How to Avoid Them. Great parenting ideas on how to raise strong future missionaries.

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From LDS Living April 11, 2015.  I kept this article for a day like today, when I am very busy, going to 3 different doctor tests for my husband.   Actually we now are home, and he doesn't have a blood clot in his left leg, and is off from blood thinners, and is off from Home Health!  He has truly been blessed! 7 Mistakes LDS Parents Make and How to Avoid Them MARK D. OGLETREE, PH.D. - The bar has been raised for future missionaries--which means it's been raised for parents teaching those future missionaries, too. Find out seven LDS parenting pitfalls to avoid. In the October 2012 general conference, President Thomas S. Monson announced that young men could now be recommended for missionary service at age 18, and young women could serve at age 19. At a press conference held between the Saturday morning and afternoon conference sessions, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland invited parents “ to take a strong hand in this preparation and not expect that it is somehow t