Comments on: Home Primary

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I agree very much that Primary is ancillary to home instruction. My wife is the chorister right now and comments every week how there are certain families whose children are surfing the primary wave as apposed to being crushed by it.

I would not, however, go so far as to saying that the whole system is bunk or a means of brainwashing. The difference is in the parents, not the system.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

"I would not...go so far as to saying that the whole system is bunk or a means of brainwashing."

Neither would I.

By: Smiles

Smiles — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

If Primary became home taught I would have to worry about how many children would NOT get taught properly. We talked about that in Relief Society the other week and the young moms were saying that they know they have to do this and that but that there just isn’t enough time in a day to do it all.. Those are the children I would worry about falling through the cracks. One of our grandaughters was telling us last night, when we went over to give another one a blessing, that she likes her Primary class ( I had asked them how their classes had been that day). She said she likes it better then her school classes cause all the kids were the same as her and at school none of the other kids go to our church.. .

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Going to Primary does not prevent people from falling through the cracks. I know many people who went to Primary and who have since fallen through the cracks.

The point I was making, however, was not that Primary needs to be taught at home. Rather I was saying that gospel instruction should be done primarily in the home and Primary should simply augment it.

By: Peggy Snow Cahill

Peggy Snow Cahill — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Excellent point, Kim, that primary instruction should be taught at home, and the Primary classes at church should augment it. Very good point, indeed. Thanks.

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I agree that we need to teach "our" children at home as well as at Church. I love the Primary and Nursery, I been working in the Nursery for a long time, and believe me there is no other place I really rather be, I love kids and I love working, and playing, with them. I love teaching them new things too.

My Mom is struggling as a teacher in first grade because there is no help from the parents. The kid's parents won't take their time out to help their child to read or do their homework, it just easier for the parents if they do their childs homework for them instead of just helping them with it.