Stephanie Larson

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

Homeschooling is hard and exhausting. I find myself tempted to give up every year and send my kids to public school. Then I see things like this and I thank my Heavenly Father that he told me to homeschool. And that every year I choose it again.

[Christina Boggess 🇺🇸📚 @cb4EdD]

My Fellow Citizens of District 8 and the Great State of Utah,

Today I declare, without apology or hesitation, that I will not seek re-election to the Utah State Board of Education. I am done lending my name, my vote, and my silence to a broken, corrupt, and morally bankrupt system that no longer serves the children or families of this state.

The corruption inside the Utah State Board of Education and the broader educational establishment is not subtle—it is brazen, pervasive, and rotting the soul of public education. Nearly every decision is now driven by not-so-hidden agendas, political cowardice, financial kickbacks, and raw personal ambition—not by what is best for students. The USBE has become a closed club that wages open war on the minds, values, and innocence of our children while systematically stripping parents of any meaningful voice. This is more than mere incompetence; it is betrayal on a grand scale - by the very people you elected.

Layer upon layer of dysfunction—mirrored and magnified in the Utah Legislature—has turned governance into a circus of gridlock, self-preservation, and faux theatrical outrage that accomplishes nothing. Good ideas are buried, brave voices are punished, and the status quo is protected at all costs. The chaos is not accidental; it is the design of those who profit from it.
I ran for this office to fight for you—your children, your values, your right to be heard. Instead, I have been forced to watch as even the loudest “conservative” voices fold, trade their votes for favor and money, or abandon every promise they made on the campaign trail. The Republican Party platform means nothing inside those walls. The Word of the Lord means even less. Your concerns—about pornography in libraries, radical gender ideology in classrooms, the erosion of academic excellence, and the assault on parental rights—are mocked, ignored, or drowned out by the shrill demands of special interests and the timid silence of those who fear losing their seat more than losing their soul.

I will not play this game any longer. I refuse to be a prop in their theatre of fake reform.

Serving the families and students of District 8 has been a great honor. You trusted me, you believed in me, and I have fought with everything I have. But the weight of the corruption, the chaos, and the spiritual abuse I have witnessed has become unbearable. Walking away is not surrender—it is the only honest act left to me, and a blazing call for the reckoning this state so desperately needs.

My final message to every parent in Utah is blunt and urgent: Get your children out of Utah's government schools as quickly as possible. Real change is not coming. The system is not broken—it is working exactly as the corrupt intend it to work. Your children’s minds, hearts, and futures are not safe inside it.

With unyielding resolve and unwavering love for the families of District 8,

Christina Boggess

[Ben Shapiro @benshapiro]

Donald Trump’s shocking and bold move to depose Nicolas Maduro: what happened, and what comes next. Watch now and tune in to @BenShapiroShow on Monday for more.

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

Saving as a reminder for me (millennial) who definitely feels this! And for my girls (gen Z) to prevent the same things happening to them. My husband and I have felt everything Dave states here. We were lied to many times. But we’re getting through it, there’s hope and I’m pleased to say our kids are better educated than we were, so they’re off to a better start.

[Dave Ramsey @DaveRamsey]

Affordability Crisis for Two of Our Best Generations

Let’s set the record straight on Gen Z and millennials. The stereotypes are wrong. Our company, Ramsey Solutions, has about 1,000 team members, and around 700 of them fall into these two generations. We have been told that they are participation-trophy-entitled brats who live in their mother’s basement. That’s not true of the ones who work on our team, and it’s not true of the ones I meet who are ultrahigh performers.

These are the easiest generations to lead and to hire because they treasure authenticity. They are who they are, and they don’t care if you don’t like it. We’ve interviewed hundreds of Gen Z and millennial job candidates, and we’ve figured out — there is no middle ground. They’re either awesome or they suck, and you know in just a few minutes which you’re talking to.

As a baby boomer and their leader, I’ve learned some important things about them. These are the first two generations to have a magic wand (a smartphone) in their hands since birth. They don’t know a world where the only phone in the house is the black rotary phone attached to the wall, where you have to walk into the kitchen to talk to your girlfriend “in private.” The world they know allows you to push a button on a device in your hand, and whatever you want shows up on your porch in a few hours. Push another button and instantly answer any question based on the wealth of all of human knowledge.

This magic wand mentality has taught them to believe anything is possible. They assume abundance, not scarcity, so they are fearless in some regards. When they believe in a mission, they will charge the gates of hell with a water pistol. On our team, that abundance mentality and mission focus is priceless to our business. Those team members dream up products and ways to serve our customers that I would never come up with on my own.

However, there is a downside. Because everything has an easy button, sometimes Gen Z and millennials struggle with patience. They have always “gotten there” quickly and easily, so when they have to gut through a tough patch and show real grit, it feels foreign to them.

This impatience is often misunderstood and mislabeled by other generations as entitlement. Again, for the members of the younger generations who really do live in their mother’s basement, entitlement might be the correct word. But for those I interact with, their reaction is more like a dog tilting its head with a look of disbelief or curiosity when something gets really messy.

In the news today, these generations face an “Affordability Crisis” due to years of post-COVID runaway inflation and a housing market that seems to them to have boxed them out. The result: Every day on social media, they tell each other that the American Dream is dead and that you have to have a family compound to ever be able to buy a home. Neither of these statements are even close to true, but sadly some of them believe it.

To set the record straight, their budgets are very tight, and their first home purchase — which will open the door to the American Dream — does seem out of reach. But our numbers tell us that this phenomenon is not caused by pricing. It’s caused by many of our large institutions screwing these two generations. Here’s what I mean:

Big Banks have thoroughly convinced Gen Z and millennials that credit card debt is part of life and good for your FICO score. So, they carry record levels of credit card debt, not realizing they’re being brainwashed. Through the magic wand in their hand, they’ve had Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta asking on behalf of Capital One, “What’s in your wallet?” Talk about pulp fiction. (Note to my Gen Z and millennial friends: What’s in Samuel L. Jackson’s wallet is a lot of money from these commercials — so much that he has to pull around a wagon full of cash. And the actor playing the Capital One Guy does not live in the Capital One lobby, but in a huge mansion that was partially paid for by the company that has screwed you.)

The big car companies have also screwed you. They insist that leasing your car is good for you, while the numbers show a lease is the most expensive way to operate a car — and it makes the car companies the most possible money. Today, car debt is at its highest level in the history of cars. Over 15% of the new cars that left the lot last quarter had a payment over $1,000 per month. The magic wand may bring convenience, but it also carries the ads and mythology that have convinced you that “used” cars are unreliable and put your family’s lives at risk. Neither are true.

And in the worst example of how our institutions have screwed these two generations, there is the epic failure of the student loan debacle. Big Banks love to lend $150,000 to an 18-year-old who can’t even buy beer because our stupid government continues to guarantee these loans, making it zero risk to the bank. Otherwise, no bank on the planet would make that loan. We now sit at $1.65 trillion in this sewer of student debt, and Congress and the president continue to offer up this unlimited supply of money, driving up the cost of tuition faster than any other major expense — including food, housing and health care.

The truth is, the reason we have an Affordability Crisis is not because of inflation or even rising house prices. The reason these two generations face an Affordability Crisis is because they have no disposable income left after making all their payments on their record levels of debt. They have been screwed and allowed themselves to be screwed.

To my young friends in those two generations: I am your biggest fan and defender. But socialism to replace “evil capitalism” is not your answer, and neither is a family compound. Your economic issues are not proof the American Dream is dead. On the contrary, it’s easier to become a millionaire in America today than at any time or place in human history.

You’ve been screwed, but some of you have not properly placed the blame. The answer to your Affordability Crisis is to quit playing kissy-face with the people who are out to screw you. Get rid of the ridiculous credit cards and debt. Sell the $80,000 F-150, get a reliable used Toyota with no payments and work like you mean it to pay off your student loans — because the stupid government is not going to forgive them. When you sweat, side hustle and lower your lifestyle for a period of time, you will find yourself debt-free. When you have no payments, you’ll have disposable income to save for a good down payment on a home. ... That is when the math will math.

To my older friends: These might be the two best generations ever. Instead of shouting at them to “get off my lawn,” love them by protecting them from these forces screwing them. Don’t tell them to build their FICO score — which is not a measure of winning financially, but only a measure of how often you play kissy-face with the banks. Tell them to sacrifice to win like you did. Show them the wisdom in driving a used car with no payments so you can get a house, and then you can get a new car after you’re a millionaire. And please, please, please, make Congress stop screwing our youth with the student loan hoax.

Remember, when you see these generations being impatient, it isn’t entitlement but rather an abundance mentality. Because the magic wand is native to them, and their brains don’t work like ours.

Love them. They’re worth it.

[Jeffrey R. Holland @HollandJeffreyR]

“I love the Lord Jesus Christ. May we strive to see Christ at the center of our lives, of our faith, and of our service. That is where true meaning lies. Until that hour, when Christ’s consummate gift is evident to us all, may we live by faith, hold fast to hope, and show compassion one of another.” –Jeffrey R. Holland (1940–2025)

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

@FaithLikeAbish2 Colin Farrell

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

@ThisMomSaid So glad you’re here!

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

@ATrueMillennial Love this, thank you for these thoughts, they definitely need to be said.

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

@defense_of_fam Such an amazing talk.

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

@FaithLikeAbish2 Those are beautiful! You are so talented!

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

@defense_of_fam Love this book! I read it after like 2 years of marriage, totally changed my perspective, and we’re almost to 18 years.

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

@ATrueMillennial This one really got me because I find myself complaining about 2:30 church a lot!

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

@Mormonger My Diet Coke definitely has caffeine 😂

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

@FiredUpCoug The Spirit of God

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

It was so frustrating to watch, I found myself talking to the tv, defending you and Riley over and over again, they did not treat you fairly and they attacked you personally, that’s not debate! That’s not a conversation! You were so classy though, and so patient and I admire that. I hope and pray we can get back to a point where it is just a conversation about differing ideas.

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

@megbasham Love this! I have a 16 yr old girl as well. It’s a great goal!

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

@HollandJeffreyR Thank you for sharing! Definitely needed the reminder today. ❤️

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

@FaithLikeAbish Love it! I’m making a sign for my house lol

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

@libsoftiktok I can’t believe this, no, normal people do not wish death or destruction on our fellow human beings, call me crazy…

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

@WayneWender Similar story for my sweet almost 14 yr old. She is our miracle, we almost lost her multiple times, but we got through it by staying close to Heavenly Father and each other. 🙏🏻 praying for you all.

[Stephanie Larson @stephdlarson]

@DidUthink2_Pray Awesome scripture, that stood out to me in Sunday school when we discussed it.