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I had an interesting experience teaching my 14-15 y.o. Sunday School class this past Sunday. The lesson was on the Priesthood, and included having the students read the relevant sections of the Doctrine and Covenants (The Oath and Covenant, the one that spells out the responsibilities of the Aaronic priesthood, and a few others). My class had 5 boys and 2 girls, and before we got into the reading I asked the YM if they could share what some of their responsibilities are, as Teachers, so I could write them on the board, then we would add to them as we found more in the scriptures in regards to the other offices. All they could give me was "prepare and bless the Sacrament". That was it. And when we got into reading the scriptures, particularly the Oath and Covenant section, more than one remarked that it was his first time ever reading that section, and when it came to the scriptures outlining the responsibilities of Teachers, they seemed genuinely surprised of what was expected of them. (and to be fair, the girls were, too) Please tell me this isn't typical of the young Priesthood holders of the church? These YM seemed to be genuinely learning for the first time what was involved with this stage of their ordination. I realize the Church can't be responsible for teaching its members every single detail of the Gospel, but are the young men not asked if they understand what's going to be involved when they take on the Holy Priesthood? Wouldn't a Bishop want to know that a young man was fully educated on what his sacred responsibilities would be before he conferred them upon him? I don't know what all goes on in the worthiness interviews for Priesthood ordination, but I guess I kind of expected that knowing what was being taken on would be a part of it. Or are my Sunday School boys an exception?

Do you have something fun planned for this summer? My family are all visiting with my mother and having a family portrait.

Pam, if you don't like seeing a woman playing a strong role where she is in battle and engaging in fight scenes, then yeh, might have an issue with this one. I wouldn't recommend it for "young children" solely on the reason that some scenes are a bit frightening.

It likely they don't understand. Unless one has experienced a psychological issue themselves (or has been close to someone who has) at some point or received some sort of training or education it's generally hard to understand beyond a nebulous intellectual level. They simply lack the frame of reference to accurately put themselves in your position.

I wonder if other fathers were as blessed as I was today during Father's Day?

Another one of my favorites.

One of my favorite movies.

I haven't seen the movie yet so I can't comment. But I was talking to a friend of mine yesterday about her thoughts on the movie. She said she didn't recommend it for younger children. She felt uncomfortable for her young grandchildren to be watching a movie where a female is getting hit etc.

I would second Traveler's response. I know every young men in our ward has been taught and read from the Oath and Covenant, they have read from D&C 20 and other chapters that specify their duties, however the one they remember -- the one they practice every Sunday. This new system, curriculum, the Church has for the Youth is wonderful. The struggle is changing the culture of teaching. At the same time, the duty rests upon the Father to teach the children their preisthood responsibility, the Church assists. I am hoping my three boys will be able to answer a question like yours fully.

The more I think about it, the more Frozen rocks. Let it go: A song about dumping horrible painful coping mechanisms that aren't working. "conceal, don't feel, don't let them know" - the reason behind it is to keep from causing pain to others, but what a horrible way to live life. Unfortunately, the thing which needs to be coped with is still present. So although letting go of the bad coping mechanism feels great, there's still a need for a better coping mechanism. Because whereas we all have occasional bouts of emotional excess, Elsa's bouts place others in mortal danger. So she needs a way to deal with that. Hence, the rest of the movie. At the end of the movie, she's got a new coping mechanism - let loved ones in, feel and express love for them. Not exactly sure what this means for her next bout of emotional excess. The hope, is that the next time she gets all worked up, the negative will be tempered with all the positive in her life, and she won't end up sending ice daggers through her loved ones by mistake. But at least there's hope. The loved ones all know the risk and remain loved ones. The townspeople know the risk and are still willing to have her as queen. Hmmm - a person learning to cope with an extreme destructive reaction to life's stresses, without medication or therapy or parents. A sister loving her despite the fact that she literally risks injury to do so. Yeah, I may not be very close to such a situation, but I know lots of people have similar struggles. (Actually, I think Olaf may count as therapy.)

Sorry, I'm late to the party. And just back from Frozen. I'm with Josh Weed, great art lends itself to numerous interpretations. I'm with Anatess and her nieces, in that I had already halfway memorized two different parodies to the snowman (Dost thou want to see the moon rise, and Do ya wanna get a beer, man). I'm with Vort and the immodest brigade - no really, they sexed her the heck up just for the sake of sexing her up. But something to understand - "Let it go" turned out to not be the right answer, right? But apart from all of them, I'm also with me. Frozen is about how childhood trauma can lead to bad coping mechanisms, which can reach across the years to screw with our relationships and cause us pain. And how learning to deal appropriately with our inner demons and adverse natures, lets things get better. As far as we know, mom and dad could have changed his mind a week later after he had a chance to settle down and realize that shutting his daughter up wasn't the answer. But mom and dad died. And so the sisters grew up without the loving nurturing wise loving stewards that we're supposed to have on earth. And it happens like that in real life. And it stinks in real life too.