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This has very insightful ideas on helping family relationships.  It does tell of a book written by H. Wallace Goddard, who has written a lot for Meridian Magazine, but it has something we can learn from this article! Concerns about Marriage or Children? The Sure Place We Forget to Turn By  Maurine Proctor  · November 3, 2021 Wally Goddard is a professional who has won awards at the highest levels for teaching families how to counter their hardest challenges with remarkable solutions. In other words, when it comes to our big, family dilemmas, he knows what he’s talking about. He’s research-based, grounded and up on the latest tools for creating flourishing families. So, after all these years of being on the frontline for family success, what has he learned? He tells us in a new book, called  Discoveries, Essential Truths for Relationships  where he explores how to improve your relationship with yourself, your spouse, and your children. What he writes may surprise...

  I really enjoyed this article, from Meridian Magazine. Insights from the World Expert on Family and Relationships By  Wallace Goddard  · July 5, 2021 The world’s best expert on families and relationships is God. No one else can match His understanding—no one. So, as sensible humans, where do many of us turn for guidance on families and relationships? Everywhere except God. We draw heavily on the traditions of our fathers. We consult the latest books about relationships. We bumble along as imperfect people, parents, and partners, doing our best but knowing we fall far short. But it doesn’t have to be that way. We can find essential truths for relationships in God’s counsel to us. We can discover hidden treasures of knowledge. Let me give you some examples: Did you know that recent research has revealed the keys to personal well-being and that the same keys are perfectly described in scripture and by modern prophets and apostles? Did you know that the greatest research di...

This is a thoughtful article, with links where you can read more if you want to.     Tad R. Callister on the key to avoiding Pharisaic parenting by Jannalee Sandau  | Aug. 06, 2020 Makes You Think If you have read or had a lesson on the New Testament, chances are you encountered something related to the Pharisees and their rigid adherence to 600+ rules based on the Law of Moses. We often talk about the religious leaders’ unwillingness to accept a higher law and how their litany of laws interfered with their ability to truly live the gospel. But as emeritus General Authority and former Sunday School General President Tad R. Callister points out in a recent article for  Church News , Pharisees didn’t just exist in the time of the Savior. Even today, we are at risk of becoming Pharisee-like in our lives and especially in our parenting, when we become too focused on rules instead of principles and don’t give others ...

This article, like others by Richard and Linda Eyre and their daughter, is quite long, and you may want to take a couple of days to really understand their wisdom and suggestions.  It is really an inspiration to read this! Overcoming the Obstacles to Family Revelation By  Richard and Linda Eyre  and  Saydi Eyre Shumway  · June 8, 2020 Editor’s Note:  New York Times #1 Bestselling Authors Richard and Linda Eyre join forces with their daughter Saydi (an “in the trenches” mother of four young children) to produce this series on the why-tos and the how-tos of receiving the Direct-Stewardship inspiration, guidance, and revelation we need to create strong and righteous families in this difficult world.  This is article 7 in a multi-part weekly series which will run here in Meridian every Tuesday. ( Click  here  to read article 1 ,  here  to read article 2 ,  here  to read article 3 ,  here ...