In this episode, I'm discussing the power of welcoming our children's requests for the things they want, plus how we as parents and spouses can kindly make requests of our loved ones.

So many adults struggle to ask for help or go after the things they want in life. I'm confident that the fear of asking for the things we want is rooted in the way that adults responded to our expressions of desire when we were children.

Let's give our kids the confidence to ask for the things they want by celebrating their expressions of desire, as well as by modeling with our own kind requests that respect others' agency.

Resources Mentioned:

• Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg
• Walk Beside Me episode 7: "Spoiling" vs. Godly Giving
• Walk Beside Me episode 2: Watch Your Thoughts: Is It “Bad Behavior” or Just Culture Shock?

Scripture References:

• Doctrine & Covenants 4:3
• Doctrine & Covenants 137:8–9
• James 1:5
• Doctrine & Covenants 42:61
• Matthew 7:7–8