Parenting

Parenting is so HARD! It seems almost everyone has their own view on parenting and yet it seems we, as a world, do not agree on the best way to parents. I believe following God's way of parenting is most beneficial. So why do we parent the way we do? Well I have a few observations. Here they are: some parents parent as husband and wife, male and female, because

- it is God ordained

- it is the way He parents and is His example

- it is the example from Adam and Eve

- it is a (more) stable environment 

- both the father and mother parent in different ways; the father focuses outside the home while the mother focuses in the home

President Faust has said, "Each parent is necessary at various times in a child’s development. Both fathers and mothers do many intrinsically different things for their children. Both are equipped to nurture children, but their approaches are different. Mothers seem to take a dominant role in preparing children to live within their families, present and future. Fathers seem best equipped to prepare children to function in the environment outside the family." 

Continuing on with our list: 

- the relationship between parents and children can't be found in any other relationship

- parents have similar tendencies and temperaments, so they can better teach and help children learn the way they learn

- society is affected by how we raise our children

In The Family: A Proclamation to the World it states: "HUSBAND AND WIFE have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. “Children are an heritage of the Lord” (Psalm 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, and to teach them to love and serve one another, observe the commandments of God, and be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. " As we follow these teachings, we can become better parents and teach them in the Lords way. 

Please, please, please! Teach your children in God's way and example!

http://www.lds.org/ensign/2004/08/fathers-mothers-marriage?lang=eng 

http://www.lds.org/topics/family-proclamation