Gardens teach children important life lessons

“We encourage you to grow all the food that you feasibly can on your own property. Berry bushes, grapevines, fruit trees — plant them if your climate is right for their growth. Grow vegetables and eat them from your own yard," President Kimball said in 1976. “We should train our children to work, and they should learn to share the responsibilities of the home and the yard. … Children may be given assignments to take care of the garden, and this will be far better than to have them for long hours sitting at a television.”

Flint Stephens is author of the book Mormon Parenting Secrets: Time-Tested Methods for Raising Exceptional Children. Flint has a master's degree in communications from Brigham Young University. His blog is www.mormonparentingsecrets.com.