When I was in High School we had this class every single day called Advisory. While it was meant to be a time for us to discover our futures and realize our most intricate self ambitions, for me and my friends, it meant throwing paper wads at each other, nap time, study hall, and at times post breakfast/pre lunch snack time. Once a week we would have a club day and my friends and I thought a club called "Tree Me" would be some fun club for climbing trees or making origami trees. HA! We soon came to find out that meant we would be sitting for an hour at a desk, staring at a family history website. Uggggghhh(That's the collective thought that went through the room. Every. Week.)
WEeeeelllll as it turns out, besides all the churchy stuff, there are also other benefits! According to the article, "The Stories that Bind Us" when we know our family stories, we are much more likely to have more confidence, feel more like we have a successful family, and get through the hard times much easier. Studies were done on a lot of small kids(the human kind) that confirmed these claims. According to the article, "identity tends to get locked in during adolescence," so it's important to tell kids those stories beginning from a young age. Further found was that when extreme hardships hit, like 9/11 for example, it is much easier to cope, when we know that our family's have coped with similar hardships in the past.
Who'da thought, right? So next time your Great Uncle Albert tries to tell you about when he had to walk both ways uphill to school, or when you find yourself at a ward activity doing family history stuff for the fourth activity in a month,.. turns out it's actually your lucky day!
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