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On the article: How To Be Friends With Your Family by Bonnie Brown (February 2015 issue of New Era)

The following are ideas from youth on how to strengthen relationships among you and your family members.

1. talk with each other one on one
2. pray together
3. forgive each other
4. serve each other
5. read the scriptures together
6. encourage each other's talents
7. have family home evening
8. support each other
9. have fun together
10. best friends forever

I am so grateful for the positive influence my family has on me, and also for the support I receive from my parents and siblings every day. I hope that we can work on coming closer as a family through these principles. I bear my testimony that if you spend the time to get to know your family and love them unconditionally, you will gain a profound appreciation for the gospel, especially the temple ordinances that allow our families to be eternal. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.