Responsible Parenting Needed More Than Ever Before

"Fathers and mothers are needed who will rise and stand upon their feet to make of their homes sanctuaries in which children will grow in a spirit of (1) obedience, (2)industry, and (3) fidelity to tested standards of conduct. If our society is coming apart at the seams, it is because the tailor and the seamstress in the home are not producing the kind of stitching that will hold under stress. In the name of giving advantages, we have too often bartered away the real opportunities of our children." Quote by Gordon B. Hinckley

Please parents, ask yourselves these questions:

1) Do you counsel together as husband and wife in regard to your marriage and family?
2) Do you have a plan to teach your children?
3) Do you make Family Home Evening a major priority? (In other words, if you do not set aside time to teach your children about the things you know to be important on a daily or weekly basis, time will come and go with no progress in your teaching of important things.)
4) Do you know the special needs of each individual child?
5) Do you organize every needful thing--scripture time, family prayer, family counsel, individual visits with each child, time for just plain fun?
6) Will you remember that your greatest work and success will be in your home if you want it most and pay the price to accomplish this?

Remember that our lives are all about choosing. Think about it. Everything we accomplish first begins as a thought. We do nothing unless we had the thought to do so first. So, be careful in what you think about and please make Responsible Parenting something you think about daily and choose to be a parent focused on your children.