Does your child ever wonder how the Holy Ghost can help them? Do you want your child to make choices that will help them be happy? Do you need examples of how prayer can help your family?

If so, reading and discussing this story from the Friend magazine could be a way to help.

Ways you could use this article:

• Read the story together and talk about it.
• Have your child read the story and the tell you what it’s about.
• Teach, or assign your child to teach, a Family Home Evening lesson about the story.

Title: Goodbye to Scary Stories

Author: Laurie Fuller

Source Title: Friend Magazine

Publication Date: June 2016

Age Range: 3-12

Description: A girl uses her Agency to read scary books. The Holy Ghost helps her know she will be happier if she stops reading them so she listens to the spirit and decides to stop reading those types of books.

Possible Lessons/Morals:
You have the power to choose your own happiness by making small choices for good.
We are given agency to choose the outcome of our lives.
Seemingly small daily choices impact our lives in the big picture. (Alma 37:6)

Discussion Questions (To talk about what happened, summarize what skills were used and discuss how those skills could be used in other situations.):
What does this girl need to decide?
What is the problem this girl is facing?
What does she do to help her make her choice?
What does she do to solve this problem?
What things in your life can you change to help you be happier?
How can you use your agency to have control in your life?

After discussing this story you may want to try this activity.