- Ponder with real intent your family traditions
- Read "Family History & Temple Work: Sealing & Healing" by Dale G. Renlund. Make a list of all the blessings that come. You should be able to find at least 11.
- Post a traditions to the Facebook Group, here on the blog, or leave one in the comments of the Youtube video.
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A couple new developments.... Sister Tanner now has a YouTube Channel! We are going to upload the classes there. If you click "Subscribe" you will be notified when new videos are uploaded. Here is the first class..... Homework for this week....
Homework for "Communication" Class (3-6-18)....
1. Read "What Are You Thinking?" by Craig Zwick 2. Practice asking 3 questions before you share, fix, or give your opinion. 3. Notice what you do in your extra time in a conversation. You can listen 5x faster than someone can talk. What do you do with that extra time? 4. Pray to know how to listen and then do it! Homework (Self Esteem Class):
1. Read your Patriarchal blessing, study it, and pray to know who you are and accept it. Discover what your spiritual gifts are. 2. Help your children and your spouse discover who they are and their spiritual gifts. 3. Fall in love with each of your children individually. Make each child feel like they are your favorite. Each day for each child say to them... "I love watching you _____________." 4. Pray for confirmation that Heavenly Father know you and you are his child. 5. Read "Helping Children Develop Feelings of Self Worth." Homework:
Here is a link to take the Personality Color Code online.... Homework:
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Parenting Class is starting.
Nampa---9:30-11:30am at the Nampa Institute building 6115 Birch Lane; Nampa, ID. ----January 16, 2018 to March 20, 2018----We are planning to live stream this class on the Facebook Page. Boise---9:30-11:30am at 2290 Warm Springs, Boise, Idaho ---January 17, 2018 to March 21, 2018 Class is FREE!! Question:
How do I effectively blend a family that is his mine and ours when the parenting time is so different and his views differ so greatly from mine? Answer: What a great question which has been asked as many times as good parents try to combine families. Unfortunately there is no magic answer, I wish there was. Truth is, it takes a lot of hard work, patience, forgiveness, faith that you are both trying to do what is best for the children and good communication with your spouse. First of all you have to accept the fact that you have no control over the parenting that is done when the children are at the ex- spouses home. You can only control what goes on in your home. You need to talk with your spouse and try to get on the same page in the parenting so you are parenting all the children the same way when they are in your home. You need to talk together about what you want this blended family to look like and then how you can get there together. You may need to take a class together, read a book together, go to some counseling together just as an opportunity to be able to discuss different principles without any blame. It does no good for the unity of the family if the mom and dad cannot agree or be able to settle differences in love and kindness. The children need to be able to feel secure and that comes when they feel mom and dad are working together. The feeling in your home needs to be one of love and unity....everyone a necessary and unique part of the whole...no one better or worse than another. It sounds like the place to start is with you and your husband. Both of you think your parenting practices are the right ones when in reality the right principles may be a combination of both or even new ideas that spring from the input of both of you. But you can only reach that when you are able to talk together without any blame. Bringing two families together takes a lot of faith and prayers. Heavenly Father knows each of your hearts and the pain you have suffered and the hope you have for this family. He will help if you will turn to Him and then wait upon Him for His answer. It will probably not be that one of you is right and the other is wrong. He loves each member of your family and wants you to succeed Maybe there is a good book you can get for Christmas and read together so you have a place to begin the conversation. Be sure to keep your love alive, it is being tried. This is a sacred journey, have faith! Sister Tanner |
Carleen Tanner
Notes from classes and other information will be posted here. Also you can order syllabus and CDs from the store or check out the "Traditions" that class members have shared. You can also ask a Parenting and/or Marriage Question. Archives
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Andrea Hansen
I will be posting my class notes from Thursday Parenting Class within a few days after class.
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