At the end of the article there is a section for children.
"Ask a family member or a friend about a time when he or she felt comforted by the Savior. Try to think of a time when the Savior comforted you. You could draw a picture of the experience and hang it by your bed to remind you that Jesus Christ will always be there to comfort you."
There have been many times that the Savior has comforted me. I remember the first time I really KNEW that I was a child of God, and that He cared about me. I was a teenager. Some boy I'd had a crush on had stopped talking to me, and I felt pretty sad. Then I lost the election for Student Body Officer. At that point, I didn't really understand how God could guide my life, and I just felt worthless. But then I started studying the scriptures more and came to the passage in the Book of Mormon, in Alma chapter seven:
11 And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.
12 And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities.
At that point I KNEW that God loved me, and that my Savior understood what I was going through. I felt great peace and whenever times get hard, I can draw on the knowledge that Jesus knows what I am going through.
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