1. “Attribute to children the best possible motive consistent with the facts” (Kohn, 130)

Mosiah 3:19 “…becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.”

Children are naturally good. We can see in the above scripture the wonderful qualities that children possess. As parents it can sometime seem that your child is acting up or misbehaving just to spite you or irritate you. However, if we understand their true qualities and are not too quick to judge we can better understand their motives behind their actions. It is better to give children the benefit of the doubt especially because they do not yet know how to regulate their emotions. We might think we understand why a child is doing something and assume it is because they are doing it out of spite, but it is better to pause and ask why before causing a fight.