I had a wonderful young mother approach me. She had four children under the age of six, and she said, "We are being faithful in trying to have our family scripture study every morning, but it's just a disaster. Somebody's always crying; they don't pay attention." And I said, "How long are you trying to do this?" She said, "Well, we set a goal to do 10 minutes every day." And I said, "Well, with the audience you have, you're probably about 8 minutes too long." She had the pattern down, and she needed to adapt a little bit to the age of her audience. Maybe start with a picture of Adam and Eve and talk about the picture and not try to help a two-year-old read the scriptures. But she was faithful, and I loved her for that.


Sister Beck. Roundtable Discussion (Dallin H. Oaks, Jeffrey R. Holland, Julie B. Beck, Susan W. Tanner, Cheryl C. Lant) - Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting: Building Up a Righteous Posterity, February 9, 2008