FHE

The sharing time theme on Sunday was, "If I keep the commandments, I can return to live with Heavenly Father."  We talked about how commandments we get from our Heavenly Father are like rules we have in our homes.  Several of the children were asked about the rules in their homes and they shared wonderful examples.  I wanted to re-emphasize the sharing time lesson, so for family home evening yesterday we talked about how commandments give us safety and peace, and how rules in our home can give us the same thing.  Then we each came up with suggestions for rules, both "Do" and "Do not" rules.  I asked the children what they felt would be appropriate so that they felt some ownership.  Here is the list we created.

DO RULES

• Eat healthy foods
• Say please and thank you
• Read our scriptures every day
• Take care of our things
• Speak calmly and gently
• Have family home evening

DO NOT RULES

• Smoke or take drugs
• Hit or punch
• Break things
• Speak Impolitely

So far, for the day and few hours that these have been our family rules, we have done very well at not smoking or taking drugs, nothing has been broken, and we did read our scriptures this morning.  I think the other rules will be something of a challenge, perhaps much like keeping the commandments.