Sunday I taught my family the hymn "Love at Home". We discussed our need to show more love. We set a goal of starting and ending each day this week by singing this song. We snuggled, and cuddled, and hugged, and kissed, and then I played a TRICK on my kids.
I started conditioning them to have an autogenic response to this song. By showing them so much love while we sing this song, they will start to associate those loving feelings to the song. Meaning that in the future I can pull out this hymn when things get rough, and use it as a quick and painless way to get the cranky out and the love back in.
This TRICK is so easy. Any of you at home can do it yourself. We are only 2 1/2 days into this experiment, and I have already heard my girls reminding eachother to show more love. We have sung it several times during the past two days to change the mood in our house. And it will be so fun to see their eyes light up next time we sing it in sacrament. (It's important for pre-readers to learn a few hymns to get them more connected to sacrament meeting.)
Good Luck!
Gospel principles, music, and love make us a happy family!
