Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways

Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways.

Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble. -Dennis Fakes.

He thought about the story his daughter was living and the role she was playing inside that story. He realized he hadn't provided a better role for his daughter. He hadn't mapped out a story for his family. And so his daughter had chosen another story, a story in which she was wanted, even if she was only being used. In the absence of a family story, she'd chosen a story in which there was risk and adventure, rebellion and independence.

The courts will become involved with parents to see if the place is cleaned up. Get them parenting skills classes so they can learn to be better parents.

Try to imagine what the rising generation could become if these five righteous patterns were practiced consistently in every home. Our young people could be like Helaman’s army: invincible (see Alma 57:25--26).