Family Responsibilities – Chapter: 37
What is the responsibility of parents in teaching their Children?
Doctrine And Covenants 68:25-28
25 And again, inasmuch as parents have children in Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized, that teach them not to understand the doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, when eight years old, the sin be upon the heads of the parents.26 For this shall be a law unto the inhabitants of Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized.27 And their children shall be baptized for the remission of their sins when eight years old, and receive the laying on of the hands.28 And they shall also teach their children to pray, and to walk uprightly before the Lord.
Why is Love important in raising children?
Doctrine And Covenants 121:41-44
41 No power or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the priesthood, only by persuasion, by long-suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned;42 By kindness, and pure knowledge, which shall greatly enlarge the soul without hypocrisy, and without guile—
43 Reproving betimes with sharpness, when moved upon by the Holy Ghost; and then showing forth afterwards an increase of love toward him whom thou hast reproved, lest he esteem thee to be his enemy;
44 That he may know that thy faithfulness is stronger than the cords of death.
How did the 2,000 Stripling Warriors gain their faith?
Alma 56:47
47 Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them. See Also Alma 53:16-23
We should provide for our children’s physical and spiritual needs. What are some things we can do to meet these needs?
Mosiah 4:14
14 And ye will not suffer your children that they go hungry, or naked; neither will ye suffer that they transgress the laws of God, and fight and quarrel one with another, and serve the devil, who is the master of sin, or who is the evil spirit which hath been spoken of by our fathers, he being an enemy to all righteousness.