The Parenthood Path Which Leads to Eternal Life

I have always wanted a big family. Parenting is becoming more and more difficult because of the world around us. We must not yield to being a lazy or careless parent. We are raising these children to become Kings and Queens, Priests and Priestesses. My mission president always told us when we had the opportunity to train someone in the mission field that "Your trainers determine how the rest of your mission will go and your mission will determine how the rest of your life will go; therefore you are determining the lives of those you train." I look at parenthood the same way. We are training our children to live a good life and the way they live life will determine their eternal existence. We are literally determining the destiny of our children. We must do everything in our power to ensure a safe return to our Father in heaven.

 

Our home must be centered around the Savior and his everlasting gospel. If we do this- our children will be more likely to not yield to temptation. They will become a standard of truth. It is very likely that our children will welcome the Savior into the world. We are living in the last days and Satan is trying harder than ever before to ensnare the precious souls of all of God's children. The scriptures say that many faithful people will fall. We must warn our children of the dangers set before us.

 

As I read the reading material for this class this week, I was happy to see so many options to help us as a couple raise our children. I especially like the one about being unified with your spouse. This is the most important one I think. Often times we ask my mom before my dad for anything because we know my mom is more likely to say yes. I would like to be so unified with my spouse that we know exactly what the other would say and do. And it we don't know- we discuss it with them away from our children before giving a solid answer. I also enjoyed the point about not speaking unkindly about your spouse in front of your children. I plan to never speak badly about anyone in front of my children. I want my children to love all people. 

 

I am very grateful for the reading assignments this week because they helped me know more of what I should do to be a better parent.