Empty Nest Mothers
Once your fledglings have left the nest, here are some suggestions for dealing with feelings of loneliness and separation.

Evaluating Your Emphasis
Children are extremely perceptive in picking up the emphasis, or priority, of our homes and lifestyles, however subtle it may be. Think for a moment and be honest with yourself — how do you stress such things as education, music, sports, vacations, fun times, traditions, clean houses, good food, and material possessions?

Moving Tips for Relocating
Is a change of address coming your way? Here are some tips and tricks to make it a smooth move.

Make This a Record Year
Being a keeper of personal records is part of being a dutiful member of the Church. Making the time to get it done can be a result of effective personal and home management. Either we, ourselves, need to be diligent in this area or see to it that someone else does it on our behalf.

The Empty Box
With all the thoughtfulness you expressed in selecting gifts for family and friends during the past Christmas season, did you take any thought about a gift for yourself? Seldom, if ever, do we give gifts to ourselves, but here is a gift that won't cost a penny — and that could give you a great deal of peace of mind.

Peace [On My Spot] on Earth
As mothers, we are the heart of the home, and as such it is within our realm of influence to foster peace in some very specific, practical ways in our homes. This we can do, in spite of challenges and problems, by helping things go right.

It's Christmas All Month Long
Christmas is not just a day; it's a season. Here is a day-by-day countdown, with meaningful things you can do with your family to make the whole month shine.

How to Be an Elastic Woman
When the choice is bending or breaking, the time has come to learn flexibility.  Some things don't allow for any amount of compromise, but most of life allows us to change our plans to accommodate the ebb and flow of life.

A Time of Renewal
The casualness of summer has given way to some structure and a welcomed routine. The children are back in school. Projects that have been put off all summer are now getting attention. September is a time of renewal.  Is there something in your life that needs a new perspective?

Finding Balance in Homemaking
The purpose of a home is to provide a setting that is conducive to the happiness and well-being of the family. Having a clean and orderly house can help facilitate this, but that should not become the goal in itself. The principle to be considered here is balance.

No Flitting
We've found the enemy! The "enemy" to successful home management, that is. In fact, there are at least four such enemies — situations and/or patterns that interfere with the smooth operation of a household.

Teenagers and Household Tasks—Motivating Teens to Help at Home
Here are some key points that may be useful to parents in establishing a strong, positive, and mutually beneficial relationship with their teenagers with regard to household responsibilities. No kidding!

Twenty Tips for Teaching Children to Work
Learning to do less for your children so you can do more with them is a good maxim to live by in the home. Here are a few basic principles about teaching children the work ethic and then twenty tips for practical application.

Winning the Paper War
Winning the paper war is truly a battle for many people who feel literally buried in piles of paper. Now, you'll discover a three-step program for reclaiming your home and coming out victorious in the paper war.

It's Spring Tune-up Time
If you’ve been experiencing a “wintry” mood lately because your work load is heavy, life seems dull and dreary, you’re tired of the routine, your motivation is at a low ebb, or your priorities need a realignment, perhaps a fresh perspective may help, along with suggestions for a spring tune-up.

Coping With Depression: "It's Like Walking Through Molasses"
One wife and mother realizes that life does not stand still when Mom gets sick.  Somehow the pieces must be picked up so the family can go on.

A New Year’s Resolution for Mothers: Be of Good Cheer
If Mother is not happy, everyone in the family feels the negative effects. Husbands and children struggle. The entire family is disheartened and a feeling of discouragement prevails in the home. The tool the adversary uses to destroy or at least derail the righteous is discouragement.

A Christmas Gift for Mothers Beyond Measure
Even though a righteous father and patriarch in the home may declare, "As for me and my house, we will honor the Sabbath," it is generally the mother who manages the home in such a way that this can actually happen.

Traditions That Bind and Bless Families
Traditional events or activities may seem fairly insignificant standing alone, but put together and enjoyed time after time, they spell solidarity in family life. Blessed is the home that is rich in them.

Do Today’s Work Today
Whether the problem is procrastination, prioritization, organization, delegation, or whatever, most home managements tasks can get accomplished when you plan your work and then work your plan. Big step in making this happen is to do today's work today.

Little Things That Make a Big Difference
Many families have their own personal repertoire of short sermons that teach a lesson in a dozen words or less. At our house I like to think of these one-liners as power phrases that stand for powerful principles. Here are some that have worked for us.

Make Way for Back to School
You have heard over and over that it is important to organize ourselves. Here are some ideas that will help even the stubbornest procrastinators do it in a way that they may find themselves having fun in the process.

The Priority Principle: Doing First Things First
A subtle but strong message is sent to our husbands and children when we keep house for the family and company is welcome anytime. In this way, our family feels like company and our friends feel like family.

How to Build a Better Kid: Summer Self-improvement Program for Children
It can be the best or the worst of times - just ask any mother whose children are on an extended break from school. Here are some suggestions for helping your children have a fabulous summer vacation.

The Top Job
My first stop was a fourth grade class. I held up my book and began to talk, only to realize I didn’t know what to say. How does one explain The Ultimate Career to ten-year-olds?

Order: A Heaven-Made Law
We have found enemy #1 to successful home management: it’s too much stuff! All this stuff makes clutter, and clutter detracts from the appearance of the home and interferes with its function. We owe ourselves and our families something better.

“To Be Happy at Home” - An Interview with Daryl Hoole
In the 1960s, young mother Daryl Hoole was asked to teach a class for new brides on "Efficiency and the Simplification of Household Tasks." She went to her class, but there were no brides in attendance. It looked like the class was a complete failure. But her room was full of women—the brides’ older sisters and mothers had picked up on the advertising and they were there, eager to learn. What would happen next would start something beyond amazing.