Mothers and Daughters Archives - Women in The Church of Jesus Christ https://womenseekingchrist.org/tag/mothers-and-daughters/ Who We Are, What We Believe, How We Live -- Glimpses into Latter-day Saint Life Fri, 21 May 2010 05:22:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Mormon Motherhood: Raising Daughters https://womenseekingchrist.org/2010/05/21/raising-daughters/ https://womenseekingchrist.org/2010/05/21/raising-daughters/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 11:00:24 +0000 http://mormonwoman.org/?p=6238 A young woman in my area recently tried to commit suicide after receiving over 3,500 negative texts from her peers. Her attempted suicide left her a paraplegic. Her plight, and others that have recently been highlighted in the national news, make me worried about the world my daughters are growing up in. When I listen […]

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]]> A young woman in my area recently tried to commit suicide after receiving over 3,500 negative texts from her peers. Her attempted suicide left her a paraplegic. Her plight, and others that have recently been highlighted in the national news, make me worried about the world my daughters are growing up in. When I listen to news reports like this my mind starts to ask a lot of questions.

Will I let my girls have cell phones? Texting service? A Facebook account? Is Hannah Montana too sassy and too old of a show to let my eight-year-old watch? Is there anything decent on the radio these days? How can I raise daughters who value intelligence, virtue, and integrity more than the latest fashions or celebrities? Am I modeling the behaviors I value the most in women?

One of my favorite quotes comes from Margaret Nadauld, a former President of the Young Women’s program from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

“The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity.”

I completely agree with Sister Nadauld. I love associating with tender, kind, refined and faithful women and the world definitely needs more of them. When I meet women of this caliber I watch them intently and try to pattern my life after theirs. I have many good examples within my own family and local congregation. My goal is not only raise good little girls, but to be the mother of excellent women. I hope my influence as well as the influence of the women I associate with will be enough of a role model to combat the negative messages my girls receive in the media. If not, I will watch and pray always that the Lord will aid me in our common pursuit of bringing souls (including my own kids) to Jesus Christ.

As a mother of three daughters, with another daughter quickly on her way, my life may well be filled with obnoxious eye rolls and slammed doors, emotional outbursts and buckets of tears. Even now, I can’t think of a time of day when someone is not crying at my house. My girls may temporarily say they hate me when I won’t buy them certain clothes or allow them to attend immoral events. But I hope that over time my girls will recognize that when I say “No” I’m also saying “I love you.”

My mother-in-law sent me this YouTube video this week. I wanted to share it with all of you as well. It made me think about Margaret Nadauld’s quote and about my own daughters, whom I love tremendously.

A special thanks to Jenny Phillips for creating this video and sharing it on YouTube.

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]]> https://womenseekingchrist.org/2010/05/21/raising-daughters/feed/ 6 First Person: A Daughter’s Perspective https://womenseekingchrist.org/2009/05/09/first-person-a-daughters-perspective/ https://womenseekingchrist.org/2009/05/09/first-person-a-daughters-perspective/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 03:00:17 +0000 http://mormonwoman.org/?p=1063 When I see this picture I hear two voices in my head. One is my Mom’s running commentary on her own pictures. “Oh look and that… and that.” and “Do I look like this in real life?”  But before that soundtrack rolls on there’s the original one – the one from a daughter’s perspective. “Wow, […]

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When I see this picture I hear two voices in my head. One is my Mom’s running commentary on her own pictures. “Oh look and that… and that.” and “Do I look like this in real life?”  But before that soundtrack rolls on there’s the original one – the one from a daughter’s perspective.

“Wow, mom has really nice teeth.”

“Look how cute she is in white.”

“Dad’s not looking bad himself.”

“They look really good together.”

My mom will always look beautiful to me. Nice, happy, reliable – the things you want a Mom to be. I know that is how my daughter sees me too, cuter, funnier, thinner and more lovable than I really am. If only we could see ourselves through our daughter’s eyes, wouldn’t the world be a better place?

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