Mar 19, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith, Family, Life's Lessons, Obedience
What do I do to help my son gain a testimony? He has had anxiety, doing better this last year, has ADHD so he gets bored easily and has a hard time sitting through 3 hours of church. He is a good boy and so far has obeyed the Strength of Youth but he thinks the boys...
Mar 18, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Forgiveness, Life's Lessons, Love, Marriage, Sexual Issues
My husband committed adultery almost four years ago. I have not yet gotten over it completely but making a daily effort towards that. But, even if I try my best, how can I trust him or how can I know he is and will always be true to me only from here on? Haydee...
Mar 7, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons, Sexual Issues
Gramps, I have a question regarding depictions of nudity in Japanese anime and a gospel perspective on it. I’m told in Japanese culture, that nudity in anime often signifies Japanese animesome supernatural happening or some other pseudoscientific event that...
Feb 24, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Holy Ghost, Life's Lessons, Mormon Policy
First of all, thank you for all the time and research you spend answering questions. I love to read your website daily. My question is regarding energy healing. A friend in my Stake has been trying to get me involved, and though I’ve seen websites where LDS...
Feb 4, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family, Forgiveness, Life's Lessons
Dear Gramps, So it started like this. I got an ipod. I wasn’t supposed to have it and my mom caught me. She got mad but said take it to your grandfather’s. I said I would but I didn’t. I got caught again. Then the same thing happened with a laptop I...
Jan 26, 2013 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Education, Life's Lessons
Question Dear Gramps, I am 16 with many artistic talents that I have developed over the years. I love the social life of school but greatly dislike most of my classes. I agree with my parents that I am capable of getting A grades in all my classes, but see no...
Dec 26, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Life's Lessons, Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, I’m pretty confused about all this. Is the church or the principles it teaches against plastic surgery? Would it be seen as vain? Shelby Answer Hello Shelby. The LDS Church has no official position on plastic surgery....
Dec 7, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family, Life's Lessons, Temples
I know that when a child is sealed to their parents, they see the temple robes. As well as many non-members may see the temple robes at an LDS open casket funeral. I was wondering where it is or is not appropriate for someone to see these. For instance, if a...
Dec 5, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family, Life's Lessons, Prayer
I have an RM son who has apostatized from the church. He likes to make disparaging remarks about the church when he is in our home and is influencing his 16 year old sister with his care free, apostate comments. We are a fully active family and always have been but...
Dec 4, 2012 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Life's Lessons, Mormon Policy
Hi Gramps! I would like to know why the church “strongly discourages” the use of donor eggs in in vitro fertilization. If I knew the reasoning I feel my husband and I could make a more informed decision, as the handbook states that it is the husband and...
