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"A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step"  I was going to use my baby footprint stamp to make a small handout for each girl.  Or use a street sign pointing different ways. Using a story about a small deviation for our course can make a big difference in where we end up.  Along the lines of using a stop sign, I made some posters once that deal a bit more with moral purity & dating, but you could possibly use them.  I made the signs on the posters and then had the words written next to it.  (Credit Unknown)

STOP - with a goodnight kiss!
NO PASSING ZONE - Passes are not acceptable
SOFT SHOULDERS - etc, are hard to resist so...Dress Modestly!
NO PARKING!  (The sign for this is just a car with the diagonal line through it)
YIELD! - to the Lords spirit...especially when dating!
ONE WAY - There is only (one way) to achieve worthiness for a Temple Marriage
Dating Contract
"Don't be a sucker and fall for the wrong guy!" (Picture of Frankenstein over Tootsie Roll)
Gum Wrapper from lds.about.com
Handout Ideas
"Pre-Pear" to be an Eternal Companion
Rice Krispie Kisses



Deseret Book
Lesson Helps from Debanae
Lesson Helps from Jenny Smith
My Advisor did a great job with this lesson.  She talked about when she was in high school she didn't date at all she thought her life was over and assumed she was a loser because she didn't have a boyfriend (this women is gorgeous and has a personality to match) She then talked about going to BYU and all the fun she had with groups of people.  Some of her favorite dates or activities were done with lots of people.  She said until she was engaged she had only been on 2 single dates with her fiancé'!  It had given her a great opportunity to mix with so many different kinds of people and make a better choice of who she wanted. She talked about making themselves more interesting by learning and developing talents now rather than moping around because they were not dating.  Her hand-out was so cute!  She had made chocolate chip cookies and on one of them she had only put one chocolate chip.  She demonstrated group dating as the cookie with lots of chips in it -it was so much more enjoyable etc. compared to the cookie with one chip -boring! It helped the Young Women realize that if this beautiful woman felt the same way they did then maybe they shouldn't worry so much about high school dating, boyfriends and such. (Idea by Wendy in San Diego)
Lesson Helps from Young Women Connection
So what kind of man do you want to marry (candy bar activity)
We have a "YW Pow Wow"....everyone makes a circle and we have a frank discussion with the girls. We let them talk to us about their concerns, good & bad experiences, fears, things they look forward to, why they think the rules are in place and why we start dating at 16 vs. any other age, what they are looking for in a date, etc...anything the girls want to discuss. I did this two years ago, then on Sunday my Laurel advisor (who was a laurel when I did it) did the same thing...she said she really enjoyed it when she was in Young Women and she enjoyed discussing...she got more out of it than just being told the "rules". (Idea by Angela Maylin)



Keep your life sweet!



Teen Dating Violence
You think you have it bad? - some of the ways teens date in countries around the world.



That Kinda' Girl by Kayla Walsh



Quick Quotes
Quotes on Dating from W.O.O.L.



Dating and Moral Standards
Well, Duh! by John Cooper



"Dating Versus Hanging Out" by Dallin H. Oaks, June 2006 Ensign
The Power of Righteousness - The BEST talk ever!

Boyd K. Packer, “You’re in the Driver’s Seat,” Liahona, June 2004, 26; New Era, June 2004, 4. Supplement President Kimball’s counsel on dating guidelines with President Packer’s dating guidelines.
“The Do’s of Dating,” New Era, Nov. 2000, 15. Use this list as a starting point to the brainstorming section.