Thursday, May 26, 2011

Primary the Mormon TMZ

We have both had callings in Primary (LDS Children's Sunday school.) Every church calling allows you the opportunity to learn and grow. Here's a lesson we've learned through serving in Primary. If you are walking down the hall on a fine Sunday morning and somebody deliberately trips you causing you to fall on your face and break your nose. If you look up and the person that tripped you is your child's Primary teacher, just get up and keep walking. Don't even look em in the eye, you might even want to apologize to them.

Look, here's the thing...even if you are known in your ward as the Grinch who stole Sunday, have some sense and at least be nice to your ward's Primary leaders and teachers. You may think you know why we are offering this crucial piece of advice. It's not because they are the poor souls who take your kids off your hands for two hours on a Sunday. It's not because they are the ones entrusted with your most prized possessions each week. It's not even because Jesus said love everyone, treat them kindly too, when your heart is filled with love, others will love you.

The bottom line is this, be nice to the adults who serve in Primary because: THEY KNOW ALL YOUR BUSINESS! Yup, brothas and sistas, that's it. All of the information that you don't want to leave the house and all of the stuff that is supposed to stay in the family, forget about it, cause ya kids are spilling the beans in Primary. You may be thinking to yourself, not my children, my children are well trained, they know better than that. Nope, they don't.

You see it's not intentional, and it usually happens quite innocently. A poor unsuspecting Primary teacher could ask a question as simple as: Can anyone tell me of a time when you have prayed and received an answer to your prayer? The next thing you know your son raises his hand and says: Once my Dad forgot his and my Mom's anniversary and my Mom was really mad and was slamming all the doors in the house. The teacher at this point might try to keep the child on topic and say: So you prayed that your Mommy would feel better and she did. Then your son says: Nope. Then the teacher says: You prayed that your Dad wouldn't forget their anniversary next year. And your son says: No, I prayed that she wouldn't slam the doors anymore because it was making my ears hurt. And it worked because she went outside and ran over Dad's golf clubs instead, and that didn't hurt my ears.

A leader might ask, what did you do this past week? BAM! That's all the invitation your little bedlamite needs to explain how Daddy grounded her older brother for life because Mommy and Daddy had to go get him from the jail, and Mommy says he's irr-ray-possible and can't drive the car anymore.

TMZ, The National Enquirer, Google, they can all take a back seat, they can't get the scoop like these Primary reporters children can. Channel 8 news is probably lying when they say breaking news, we're bringing it to you first, cause chances are somebody in Primary told that headline weeks ago.

So now we are all on notice. The next time you see your ward's Primary presidency and teachers, smile, say hi, shake their hand, give em a peice of chocolate, some hush money, do something, cause brothas and sistas...THEY KNOW ALL YOUR BUSINESS!

Jesus is the reason,
Sista Beehive & Sista Laurel

24 comments:

  1. whew...so glad I don't have kids in Primary anymore!!! Thanks for the laugh!

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  2. I was a sunbeam teacher for a year, there were a couple of things that kids told me that made is so I couldn't look parents in the eye the next time I saw them. :)

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  3. Yep! You're right. I've served as Primary teacher (twice), Primary President, and Primary counselor. There's not a secret in the ward that I don't know! LOL!

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  4. I've been in Primary for over 5 years and love the stories. I would smile and tell the parents. They would redden around the edges and scoop their children out the door.

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  5. You are so right -- I have taught Primary for an accumulated 15 years, and I have heard all the private family matters from the mouths of babes. I guess that's why I always took the calling to be one of my own kids teachers--that way I could protect my home front! Love it.

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  6. When I taught the sunbeams, I heard some DOOZIES! Truly.

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  7. Hilarious!

    Also, completely true. But I like to think I don't mind about my secrets.

    Turns out I'm a liar and a poser.

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  8. I think we can all agree that those LITTLE Sunbeams are some of the BIGGEST information sharers!
    @Cliff and Cynthia you are so blessed to not have and kids in Primary ;)
    @LaureeBee you must be a vault when it comes to keeping secrets why else would they keep giving you Primary callings...lol

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  9. Ha! My younger daughter used to tell all our dirty little secrets in fast and Testimony Meeting. When she was a teenager. Top that!

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  10. Was googling first communion and stumbled on your site. Even though I'm Catholic it drew me in and I had to read a few post. You women are very funny and I like seeing humor brought to religion. Also glad to see that the overly chatty kids in Sunday school happens to Mormons too. God bless.

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  11. So true and so funny! I teach Valiant 11 and I can get any info I want (or don't want) just by showing up each Sunday. Man, you ladies are hilarious.

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  12. You're right! The primary ladies know all...

    ;)

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  13. Haha it is so true! One of my friends is teaching primary right now, and she has a little boy in her class who just loves to spill the beans. The problem? He is the bishop's son and likes to tell the class how him mom makes them all to go to McDonald's after church because she hates cooking.

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  14. Thank you for the laugh! You're so right on with that insight! Out of the mouths of babes... might be the very thing you're trying so hard to keep on the down-low. They're so sweet and innocent and they just gave you up in a second... "No, Daddy, you weren't sick. You stayed home 'cause you watched the Dallas Cowboys and got all mad 'cause they lost again. He gets mad alot..." LOL!!!

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  15. My favorite is when we asked the kids during Sharing Time what are rules in their house and one kid shouted, "Don't say the 'S' word!"  Pretty sure it was "stupid" but I have my hopes that it's the other one :)

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  16. Haha...sometimes Sharing Time can truly be "Sharing" time!

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  17. Thank you so much for the chuckle! I love your humorous take on the whole thing. We all need to relax like that a little more!

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  18. It's funny 'cause it's true! As a Sunbeam teacher vet *and* a preschool teacher by trade, I can tell you that if you want to know ANYTHING about anyone, just ask the four year old in the family. ;)

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  19. oh my this is so true--been Primary Prez and learned more than I ever wanted to know :)

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  20. HAHAHA!  I'd like to say that teaching the 12/13 year old Sunday School is also like TMZ....I know way too much about the families of the kids in that class....way too much.  Ironically, I was their primary teacher about 5 years ago, so I knew too much back then as well.

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  21. It's so true, the teenagers can get a little chatty too and spill the dirt.

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  22. Is you picture copyrighted or public domain?  Could I use it?

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