Mark discusses how we can help our children start preparing now, while they are in the home, prepare to be adults. Many children, as soon as they leave the house, struggle to live away from home, or have life skills that can prepare them to live on their own. Mark gives great ideas and examples of things we can teach our kids now to help them become capable adults.

Mark discusses how we can help our adult children prepare to make the marriage decision, and how to teach them to look for traits in a partner that are critical to a healthy marriage. We can also teach our children to develop traits that they would want in a marriage partner.

Mark sits down with Dan & Andrea Hill to discuss how we can better teach our youth, and help them desire to draw closer to Christ. Dan and Andrea are incredible parents, and share what has worked and hasn’t worked for them as they have done their best to help their kids navigate this life. They use a great analogy of teaching teens how to drive to teach better parenting practices.

Mark sits down with business owner, attorney, and philanthropist, Matthew Cook, to discuss the multitude of dangers that face kids who use social media. They also talk about measures he and his wife have taken in their home and community to help teens combat the issues that come along with social media usage.

Mark sits down with renowned church historian Gerrit Dirkmaat to discuss powerful experiences they have had visiting church history sites, and that others have had in the groups they have lead through these places. Mark and Gerrit explain why visiting these sites can have such a deep effect on our faith, testimonies, and sense of belonging to the church.

Mark sits down with the VP of product at Gabb, Colin Cole, to discuss the dangers of cell phones with our youth. They dive into issues that some parents may not even be aware are happening via different phone apps. Colin and Mark also discuss how dopamine may be effecting the mental and physical wellness of our youth.

Mark uses personal stories, research, and data to explain the importance of teaching our children to have grit. He also talks about how using personal stories, and examples of grit in our family histories can help our children understand why grit is important, and want to carry that trait themselves.

Mark and Janie discuss the phenomenon of parents who prevent the marriage of their children, when all the factors of the relationship, and each individual are in good order. There seems to be an upward trend of parents interfering or prohibiting their child from making the marriage decision. This episode is not about parents interfering in relationships with big red flags, rather, when there seems to be no real red flags.

One of Marks main focuses of his research at BYU and his personal studies, concerns the modern prophets and their abilities and characteristics as fathers. This episode, Mark reviews characteristics our latter-day prophets exemplify, and how they can inspire us to be better parents.

One of Marks main focuses of his research at BYU and his personal studies, concerns the modern prophets and their abilities and characteristics as fathers. This episode, Mark reviews characteristics our latter-day prophets exemplify, and how they can inspire us to be better parents.