Thursday, March 12, 2015
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Dimension One: Religious Community and Family
Chapter 18: Faith in Family Life
"Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith and prayer."
"A man with serious religious commitment and involvement, on average, is more likely than one with little or no religious involvement to:
BYU Studies and School of Family Life, Brigham Young University
2012
"Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith and prayer."
"A man with serious religious commitment and involvement, on average, is more likely than one with little or no religious involvement to:
- remain sexually chaste before marriage and faithful to his marriage vows and thus not endanger his wife and children with sexually transmitted diseases nor father a child out of wedlock;
- be and remain committed to marriage and children even during times of difficulty and thus not bring the trials and challenges of divorce upon his wife and children;
- be highly involved in the lives of his children and parent with higher degrees of emotional warmth;
- practice kindness and mercy in his relationship with his children and be less likely to abuse his children;
- remain involved with his children in the face of challenging circumstances such as dissolution of marriage or disability of a child;
- avoid practices that harm family relationships such as substance abuse, crime, violence, child abuse, pornography, gambling, and idleness (p. 431)."
Successful marriages and families: proclamation principles and research perspectives
By: Hawkins, Alan J..BYU Studies and School of Family Life, Brigham Young University
2012
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Monday, March 9, 2015
Parenting, Genes, and Peers
Chapter 11 Parenting in Gospel Context: Practices Do Make a Difference
"Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God, and to be law-abiding citizens wherever they live."
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 by 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 responsibility (First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1999, p.3)."
BYU Studies and School of Family Life, Brigham Young University
2012
"Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God, and to be law-abiding citizens wherever they live."
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 by 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 responsibility (First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1999, p.3)."
Successful marriages and families: proclamation principles and research perspectives
By: Hawkins, Alan J..BYU Studies and School of Family Life, Brigham Young University
2012
Friday, March 6, 2015
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Permissive Parenting Style
Chapter 10: Parenting With Love, Limits, and Latitude:
Proclamation Principles and Supportive Scholarship
"Overindulging children is a form of permissiveness that requires careful consideration. As a member of the Seventy, Elder Joe J. Christensen (1999, p.9) counseled:
"We should avoid spoiling children by giving them too much. In our day, many children grow up with distorted values because we as parents overindulge them...One of the most important things we can teach our children is to deny themselves. Instant gratification generally makes for weak people."
Elder Neal A. Maxwell (1999, p.2) taught:
"A few of our wonderful youth and young adults in the Church are unstretched-they have almost a free pass. Perks are provided, including cars complete with fuel and insurance-all paid for by parents who sometimes listen in vain for a few courteous and appreciative words. What is thus taken for granted...tends to underwrite selfishness and a sense of entitlement."
In summary, permissive parenting does not fit well with proclamation principles. As has been noted, parents are charged with the responsibility to guide and teach the principles of the gospel to their children by example and precept (see D&C 68:25-28)."
BYU Studies and School of Family Life, Brigham Young University
2012
Proclamation Principles and Supportive Scholarship
"Overindulging children is a form of permissiveness that requires careful consideration. As a member of the Seventy, Elder Joe J. Christensen (1999, p.9) counseled:
"We should avoid spoiling children by giving them too much. In our day, many children grow up with distorted values because we as parents overindulge them...One of the most important things we can teach our children is to deny themselves. Instant gratification generally makes for weak people."
Elder Neal A. Maxwell (1999, p.2) taught:
"A few of our wonderful youth and young adults in the Church are unstretched-they have almost a free pass. Perks are provided, including cars complete with fuel and insurance-all paid for by parents who sometimes listen in vain for a few courteous and appreciative words. What is thus taken for granted...tends to underwrite selfishness and a sense of entitlement."
In summary, permissive parenting does not fit well with proclamation principles. As has been noted, parents are charged with the responsibility to guide and teach the principles of the gospel to their children by example and precept (see D&C 68:25-28)."
Successful marriages and families: proclamation principles and research perspectives
By: Hawkins, Alan J..BYU Studies and School of Family Life, Brigham Young University
2012
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