This was such a neat chapter to read! First off, I would like to start by saying that my mom is amazing! She is such a loving and caring mother. I love her so much and I hope to be as good of a mother to my children, as she is to me!
In our day and age, motherhood is being criticized. I have been reading lately how people think that mothers should not stay home with their children and that they should just go to work. I disagree. A mother should do what she feels is best for her and her family at that time in their lives. Growing up, my mom was a stay at home mom. There are four kids in our family with an age range of 24- 11. My mom stayed home and cared for us, came to our schools for performances, award ceremonies, helped at our schools, etc. My parents were able to financially work it so that she could stay home and care for us. I can't even imagine what it would have been like if I wasn't able to call home because I forgot my lunch, if I didn't see my mom helping in my elementary classes, etc. My mom was/is always there when I need/needed her. My mom recently decided to go back to work, and that's because we are all old enough now and this is what works best for her at this time. Like I said earlier, it all depends on what works for a family at the present time. Some mother's never go out into the work force and get a job. But, that doesn't mean she doesn't have a job. Over the years, I have seen my mom "go to work." She cooks, cleans, does laundry, cares for us, helps with homework. And those are only a few of the things she has done for us.
This chapter contained so many great quotes that I would love to share:
President Spencer W. Kimball stated, " Mothers have a sacred role. They are partners with God, as well as with their own husbands, first in giving birth to the Lord's spirit children, and then in rearing those children so they will serve the Lord and keep his commandments."
President Thomas S. Monson said, " May each of us treasure this truth:... One cannot remember mother and forget God. Why? Because these two sacred persons, God and mother, partners in creation, in love, in sacrifice, in service, are as one."
Elder Bruce C. Hafen & Sister Marie K. Hafen said, " Just as a mother's body may be permanently marked with the signs of pregnancy and childbirth, [the Savior] said, "I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands." For both a mother and the Savior, those marks memorialize a wrenching sacrifice- The sacrifice of begetting life- for her, physical birth; for him, spiritual rebirth."
President David O. McKay declared, " Motherhood is the greatest potential influence either for good or ill in human life. The mother's image is the first that stamps itself on the unwritten page of the young child's mind. It is her caress that first awakens a sense of security; her kiss, the first realization of affection; her sympathy and tenderness, the first assurance that there is love in the world."
Ways that Mothers nurture their children and influence development:
1. Helping create an environment of safety, peace, and learning.
2. Through the emotion work they perform to maintain and strengthen individual well- being and family relations.
3. Teaching their children.
In Successful Marriages and Families it ends the chapter with this quote that I feel we should all be aware of: " There is no work in which the Lord takes greater interest than in the nurturing and rearing of our children. Because of that, we can be assured that He will strengthen mothers in their holy calling. Truly, motherhood places her who honors its holy work to the angels, for nothing could be of greater significance to God than the nurturing of His little ones- His precious children."
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