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6: Use Time Wisely

“6: Use Time Wisely,” Help Your Children Succeed in School: Parent Guide (2021)

“6: Use Time Wisely,” Help Your Children Succeed in School: Parent Guide

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Use Time Wisely

Questions to Talk About

  1. Look at these pictures. What do you see?

  2. What things in your life are most important?

  3. How can you use more time doing things that are important to you and your family?

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father and son gardening
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family praying together

Learn

Time is a gift from Heavenly Father. We should think carefully about how we use our time. There are many ways to use time each day. We work, play, make food, pray, do chores, study, and do many other things. We must choose the best ways to use our time.

Make a plan to help you use your time well. Think about what you have to do each day. What things are most important? What things are not as important? Plan to do the most important things first. Use less time on things that are not important and that do not help you and your family reach your goals.

You and your family can talk together often about what is important. You can make a plan to help each other use your time wisely.

Think and Pray

Think about what you have learned. Write down any thoughts you have or ideas that come from the Holy Ghost. What is most important in your life? What is one way you can use more time to do things that are most important in your life?

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father and daughter working together

Activity

There are many ways we use our time. Here are some things you may do each day:

  • Read scriptures

  • Watch TV

  • Go to the market

  • Do your church calling

  • Pray

  • Be on your phone

  • Clean the house

  • Play

  • Help your children learn

  • Make food

  • Work

  • Study

You also do other things each day. Think about all of the things you do.

What are two or three things that you want to use more time on?

What are two or three things that you want to use less time on?

Talk with Your Family

Talk with your family about what you have learned. Discuss the questions below. Ask your family members to share their ideas and listen to each other.

  • What things are most important to our family?

  • What can we do as a family to better use our time doing things that are important to us?

  • How can we help each other use our time well?

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father and children reading