Modesty is the Best Policy
Dressing modestly can be tricky in a fashion-mad world of clingy shirts and short skirts. And as spring and summer approach, the layers of necessary winter cover-ups start peeling off and modesty goes out the window.
By Natalie J. Hale

Letting Children Make Their Own Choices
Meridian readers share their experiences of allowing children to choose which clothes they wear, and helping them make the correct choices.
By Natalie J. Hale

Breaking Free From Stuff
Clutter is something modern Americans have come to learn to live with. The stuff itself isn't necessarily bad.  The keys are how we feel about it and what we do with it.
By Natalie J. Hale

Because I Said So!
Like generals in a seemingly never-ending war, mothers must keep going, inspiring their troops to take even just one more step to victory, and giving constantly of themselves for those they serve. Sometimes even the generals wonder if the cause for which they have embarked is real or possible.  Mothers, take heart.
By Natalie J. Hale

Making Time for Motherhood
Motherhood can be a success. That success, even the little pieces that we receive every once in awhile when we see our children sharing without being told or saying their prayers without help, will be all the more sweet because we had to withstand the world's peer pressure in order to keep our families together.
By Natalie J. Hale

Breaking Free From Stuff
Clutter is something modern Americans have come to learn to live with. There are ways to manage it, though, and when our possessions are organized, we will find that our lives are more peaceful.
By Natalie Hale

Using Wall Charts to Set Boundaries
If you don't know how to set boundaries for your children, the answer may be as simple as a piece of poster board and a sturdy marking pen.
By Natalie J. Hale

Determining Needs versus Wants
When it comes to personal or family finances, staying out of debt, paying tithing and all the other duties that encompass wise money management, we would be wise to find out what the Lord has proclaimed.
By Natalie J. Hale

Supporting the Priesthood at Home
There is a link between priesthood and fatherhood that is so eternal and essential, that somehow we might miss the point of just how important they are and how they complement each other. The power used to create worlds also brings together families in an eternal bond that only personal unworthiness can break.
By Natalie J. Hale

But I Don't Have Time!
Modern homemakers still have the same 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as our ancestors did. And we actually have more disposable time, because modern conveniences have opened up a considerable time slot. What are we doing with those extra hours?
By Natalie J. Hale

Teaching Children that Choices Have Consequences
As adults we understand that when we make right choices, the consequences —though sometimes on a timetable other than our own — will be good. But how does a mother instill that knowledge into her children, giving them a foundation on which to become the kind of children that the Lord wants them to be?
By Natalie J. Hale

Setting the Rule of Work before Play
The self-discipline you need to do your work was acquired over the years from the teachings of your parents and from your own experience. This same self-discipline is at the root of overcoming the natural man and becoming like God, and it's essential that we ourselves have it and teach it to our children.
By Natalie J. Hale

Overcoming a Family Crisis
Crises do happen and come in various levels of intensity and seriousness. But even though their existence is certain, there are ways we can teach our children to appropriately handle them so that they can deal with bigger challenges in the future.
By Natalie J. Hale

Stopping Temper Tantrums the Lord's Way
If you have young children who throw temper tantrums, you may wonder what is the Lord's way of stopping temper tantrums. The best place to find out would be His guidebooks, the scriptures.
By Natalie J. Hale

Dealing with Temper Tantrums
They attract the darting eyes of fellow customers at places like the checkout aisle at the grocery store. Difficult to ignore, they are all around us. These creatures are otherwise known as children with temper tantrums. You probably have a child who uses them.
By Natalie J. Hale

Too Old for Naps
There is a time in a child's life when he is too old to take naps, but still too young to be left without adult supervision. It's up to the homemaker (that's you, mom) to save the day and help fill that newly freed time with constructive activities.
By Natalie J. Hale

If You Cook It, Will They Come?
Now that we've worked out what we are going to eat and prepared it, we need to get our families to come, sit, and eat. And wouldn't it be nice to have some intelligent conversation?
By Natalie J. Hale

Mealtime Madness: Let’s Unify on the Basics
If mealtime has turned into a tug of wills between you and your preschooler, this column may help you take control of the situation.
By Natalie J. Hale

True and Noble Service
From the time your children awaken in the morning to the time they drift off at night, your life is a constant game of feeding, changing, healing, entertaining, feeding, changing, answering the phone, laundry, groceries. A typical homemaker's day is riddled with opportunities to serve.
By Natalie J. Hale

Take Homemaking to An Enlightened Level, Part 2: Who Is My Neighbor?
We have been commanded to love our neighbors. But in a world where words have been redefined one must ask the question, what does "love your neighbor" really mean and how do we apply it to our own lives, especially as homemakers?
By Natalie J. Hale

Take Homemaking to a Spiritual Level
Anyone could be hired to wash dishes and cook meals. Because you are the wife and mother —the queen of your kingdom — means more than just keeping a house clean and kids fed. You're engaged in an eternal act of service worthy of thrones and crowns.
By Natalie J. Hale

Some Resources for Parents of Preschoolers
What are some methods, ideas, and solutions to serving your growing baby according to God's correct principles? Natalie Hale makes it easy with these resources for mothers.
By Natalie J. Hale

Sacrament Meeting Irreverence: Causes and Cures
If children are going to be reverent in church, their training must begin at home. This is important because if they don't learn what reverence is and why we should have it, personal inspiration is lost and so are we.
By Natalie J. Hale

Train Young Children to Clean Their Rooms
Young children should be taken by the hand and trained to become the responsible future citizens of society. Teaching them to maintain a clean bedroom is an ideal place to start.
By Natalie J. Hale