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"The first is to encourage them to develop good friendships. Every boy or girl longs for friends. No one wishes to walk alone. The warmth, the comfort, the camaraderie of a friend mean everything to a boy or girl. That friend can be either an influence for good or an influence for evil. The street gangs which are so vicious are an example of friendships gone afoul. Conversely, the association of young people in church and their mingling in school with those of their own kind will lead them to do well and to excel in their endeavors. Open your homes to the friends of your children. If you find they have big appetites, close your eyes and let them eat. Make your children’s friends your friends." - Pres. Gordon B. Hinkley, “Great Shall Be the Peace of Thy Children”, Ensign November 2000
^---My father never did this. My home wasn't often welcome to friends and when it was my father avoided us like the plague. I said once in an LJ a long time ago that is was like my father expected that high schoolers were to be anti-social or something... The way he treated taking me to see my friends or allowing my friends to come over. It was so stupid.
Even Kaitlyn pointed out she didn't feel like she could hang at my house. Really only Danny manages it, of all those I know. Danny and sometimes Matt or Marcus... but I think Danny pulls it off best, but not settling for the stand offishness of my dad and actually talking with him as well as Terri.
^---My father never did this. My home wasn't often welcome to friends and when it was my father avoided us like the plague. I said once in an LJ a long time ago that is was like my father expected that high schoolers were to be anti-social or something... The way he treated taking me to see my friends or allowing my friends to come over. It was so stupid.
Even Kaitlyn pointed out she didn't feel like she could hang at my house. Really only Danny manages it, of all those I know. Danny and sometimes Matt or Marcus... but I think Danny pulls it off best, but not settling for the stand offishness of my dad and actually talking with him as well as Terri.