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 above paragraph is a small portion of what is written in The Family: A Proclamation to the World. The Proclamation makes it clear that Heavenly Father expects parents to have a significant influence in the lives of their children. " Gods 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."
Recently I spoke to my dad regarding an assignment for this class and he told me that sometimes you cannot parent each child the same way. Every child has a different personality and a different learning style. Because of that, each child needs to be parented differently. What works for one, sometimes does not work for the others. I have seen this within my family. I have three sisters and we all have different personalities. This made it so they had to parent us differently. Yes, we were all raised the same way, with the same values, but disciplines were adapted to the child. My parents made a great effort to speak individually to each of us to see what was going in our lives. My dad made it a point to talk to us one on one whenever the time allowed to see how we were doing and he was always willing to give advice or a Priesthood blessing when it was needed. My mom always made sure we were having a good day, and offered to help if we did not. With me being up at college, I talk to my mom at least 1 time a day on the phone, and I try to talk to my dad as much as I can. I am really looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas when I can be home and see my parents and family face to face.
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