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8 Compliments Your Children Are Dying to Hear

KSL - Sometimes children need to hear what someone thinks they can achieve before they dare to dream of the possibilities themselves. Here are eight compliments your children both want and need to hear to live up to their potential. “Everybody likes a compliment,” Abraham Lincoln said. Compliments can help children grow or stunt their progress, depending on how the compliment is given. Complimenting action and effort, rather than giving a broad compliment of the child themselves, can significantly motivate them to be better and feel better. “Research shows that we all learn our belief systems as little children. It is the very...

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12 Things Only People Who've Been to Girls Camp Can Understand

Katie Lambert - School is out, summer is in, and that means girls camp season is upon us. To prepare you for what's ahead, we put together some of the many experiences you may have while having a blast at camp. 1. When everyone starts singing Taylor Swift songs in the car ride to camp: 2. But by the time you get there, you're like: 3. When you have to set up camp for the first time: 4. By the end of the week, you're like: 5. When you try to craft the perfect s'more: 6. But then you decide to give up and...

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Hilarious Video: What Happens When Kindergartners Like the Same Girl

LDS Living - Even at the tender age of 6 years old, love can go deep—even if kids have a weird way of showing it. Check out this hilarious skit where Studio C shows us the true lives of kindergartners. ...

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Missionary Dies in Taxi Accident in South America

LDS Living - Elder Argenis Jesus Gonzalez Villarroel, a 24-year-old missionary from Venezuela, died Wednesday, June 22 while serving his mission in the Venezuela Barcelona Mission. Elder Gonzalez was riding in a taxi transferring to a new area of his mission when the taxi was involved in an accident that killed three passengers. No other missionaries were involved in the accident.  "We are very sad to share the news of the death of one of our missionaries, Elder Argenis Jesus Gonzalez Villarroel, age 24, who died in an auto accident this afternoon," Church spokesman Eric Hawkins said, according to the Deseret News . "Our...

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Why an Ex-CIA Operative Decided to Adopt 2 Children He Saved

LDS Living - When a former CIA operative risked his life to save two children in Haiti, he didn't expect that they would later completely change his life. On a balmy February afternoon in the poverty-stricken country of Haiti, Timothy Ballard is thrown to the ground and handcuffed by local law enforcement. Lifting his head from the asphalt, he watches as the woman who just sold him two young children—a brother and sister ages 2 and 3—for $15,000 apiece is hauled away by police. Little did the woman know that Ballard is a former CIA and Homeland Security agent who was working with the...

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6 Beautiful Reminders for When You Don't Feel Good Enough

Lloyd Newell, excerpted from "Celebrating Music and the Spoken Word" - Music and the Spoken Word has been uplifting and inspiring listeners for more than half a century now with spiritual music and a touching message every Sunday morning. And for the last 25 of those years, the familiar voice of Lloyd Newell has introduced the program. Here are just six of those messages from over the years—messages that encourage us to move forward in life and inspire us to overcome trials. 1. Have an Eternal Perspective Our common lot is to be born into an imperfect world, filled with disappointment and unanswered questions. It is natural, in these circumstances, to worry...

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LDS Woman Wins Top Culinary Award for Crazy-Flavored Caramels

Katie Lambert - Rowena Montoya was 15 years old when her mother passed away of cancer.  Her father was "in and out" most of the time, leaving Montoya and three siblings to be sent to live with relatives on her mother's side.  "I went to Sacramento, my brother went to Morgan Hill, my sister went to Hollister. We were just all separated among my mom's family and lived two or three hours apart," she says.  Montoya was sent to live with an LDS aunt and her family, which she says changed her life. She says she was able to see for the first time what life...

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How to Prepare for an LDS Baby Blessing

LDS Living - The day of your baby's blessing is a special one. And though it can feel busy and hectic to plan and coordinate with family and your ward, etc., there are easy ways to prepare. Here's a reminder of what to say during the blessing, and a few things you can do before, during, and after the blessing to help eliminate stress and focus on this sacred day.  The Blessing: 1. Address Heavenly Father. 2. State the blessing is given by the authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood.  3. Give the baby a name.  4. Give a priesthood blessing as the spirit directs. 5....

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How a BYU Professor Became ESPN's Top NBA Draft Analyst

LDS Living Staff - In case you haven't heard yet, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals last week. It was a pretty big deal. The season's over now, and tomorrow, all 30 NBA teams will draft the most impressive collegiate and foreign players in the world. Until then, the biggest name in basketball will be Chad Ford. You might not expect a BYU-Hawaii conflict resolution professor to capture the interest of the sports world, but a recent Deseret News article highlights exactly how that happened. Ford, a Latter-day Saint, spent the 1990s working on two projects: a slew of degrees (bachelor's,...

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To Mormons Suffering a Quarter-Life Crisis: 4 Tips to Make Life Less Confusing

LDS.org - College, graduations, jobs, new majors, dating, marriage, children, renting, buying—there are so many things Mormons need to decide in their 20s and so many decisions that could impact the future. So how do you navigate it all? How do you stay happy and grounded when things can get so overwhelming and confusing? The quarter-life crisis emerges in young adulthood when you take the first steps into “real life” and realize you have no idea what you’re doing. When I graduated from college and went off to my first real job, I felt like I had ARRIVED. I had been on my...