Parenting, Genes, and Peers

In the book, "Successful Marriages and Families," it talks about how important the influence of a parent can truly be. It states, "The family proclamation makes clear that Heavenly Father expects parents to have significant influence in the lives of their children. God's plan for His children may be ideally characterized as the placement of children into homes where parents are committed to their development and proclamation principles are practiced. No other arrangement is as effective, as demonstrated bu the First Presidency's call to parents

To devote their best efforts to the teaching and rearing of their children in gospel principles which will keep them close to the Church. The home is the basis of a righteous life, and no other instrumentality can take its place or fulfill its essential functions in carrying forward this God-given responisiblity (First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1999, p.3)."

Are we making our homes a place of righteous and a place of teaching? Are we aware of our deep responsibility to our Heavenly Father and children?

The family proclamation that is referred to at the beginning of the post can be found below:

The document may also be read at:  https://www.lds.org/topics/family-proclamation

 Bibliography: Hawkins, Alan J, David C Dollahite, and Thomas Draper. Successful Marriages And Families. Provo, Utah: BYU Studies and School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, 2012. Print.

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