David Journal

Tag: parenting

  • Benjamin Hardy’s 10 Habits That Change Boys Into Men

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    Due to being posted on LinkedIn I decided to copy the full post from Benjamin Hardy here lest anything cause the public post to disappear in the future. My only quibble with the post is the suggestion that you should become conservative with your career when you are in your 40’s. Hogwash. You should still…

  • Guiding good choices – week 1

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    When life is good we can keep making good choices or we can veer off. When life is hard we can keep making good choices or we can veer off. When we are making good choices we can keep doing that or veer off. When we are making bad choices we can keep doing that…

  • Sexual Identity and Church Doctrine

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    This is a talk by Ty Mansfield at the 2014 Fair Conference. It was so good that I had to save a copy for my own future reference. Ty identified as gay when he was younger and has much experience counseling with church members who are attracted to members of their own gender (whether they…

  • The Seven C’s

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    Make sure kids know how to cook, clean, do laundry, manage money, choose transportation, communicate, and use coping skills.

  • Teaching Modesty

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    Those who break the laws of chastity are like smudged diamonds, not used chewing gum. They are still of great worth but their beauty is masked by the mud until they become clean again. Also, just as girls can dress and act in ways that make it harder for boys to maintain virtuous thoughts, so…

  • Journal 21 October 2011

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    Laura and I talked tonight about something that I have thought about many times over the last few years. I have thought about how far we can transmit the things that we have learned and wondered what we can do to increase the range of our transmission. We talked about how much we have learned…