This week was about communication! How important is communication and learning how to properly counsel our loved ones and those we come into contact with. In this section there was an amazing talk by M Russell Ballard called Strength in Counsel.
This talk was broken up into 5 different ways to help you fulfill your parental responsibilities.
The first, is focusing on fundamentals. We all have fundamentals that we live by whether religious or not. However since I am religious I am going to go from a religious stand point. Studying the teachings or the prophets and scriptures and focusing on those things is important. We need to learn to teach from basic fundamentals instead of the gospel according to me. This is important when teaching or children or even planning lessons.
Second, focus on people, do what you can to plan your schedule around other people schedules. I think this is also important to focus on the people because the way you talk to your 2 year old is going to be different than the way you communicate with your husband or wife. Be aware of who you are talking to and learn the best ways an times to communicate with them.
Third, promote openness and free expression. One big part of communication is also listening. Being anxiously engaged in what other people have to say so that they can share freely with you. Building your home to be a loving environment that anything can be discussed will help you to build stronger bonds as a family. Along with that matters can be discussed and handled in the home instead of people feeling they have to seek out love or guidance elsewhere.
Fourth, participation is a privilege make sure your family members see that the participation you add to these conversations or advice you are passionate about. This will help you to be an outstanding advocate in society, in the church, with your family and will help your children to learn to speak up and do the same in their lives in all different types of places or situations.
Fifth, lead with love. The number one thing we can remember is the last step. We come to this earth to become closer to our Father and brother, Jesus Christ. The best way we can do this is to implement love into everything we do. If we genuinely love or even try to love those around is we can begun to communicate, listen and build strong relationships that will build us up as well as those around us.
I'm going to leave a link to the talk at the bottom, feel free to check it out!
xoxo
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1993/10/strength-in-counsel?lang=eng
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