The Sacredness of Children

With all the negative news being reported, we should focus more on the family, and how in our families we can make the difference. Our society and even our world can be a better place if we, as parents, raise our children and don’t let society raise them for us. I have selected four paragraphs from different resources on the topic of raising children and how the family is the most important structure in any government. I will not comment on any of them as I feel they are direct and tactful on the subject.

In the article The Father-Child Bond, Ron Huxley wrote, “Children need the unique style of bonding that fathers can provide, and fathers can build that bond by spending time engaging in physical, intellectual, social and spiritual activities.”

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints presented a proclamation titled, The Family: A Proclamation to the World. Here is a paragraph from the article:

“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” (Psalms 127:3). 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. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.”

On the website, http://www.smartparentingadvice.com/ there is a great article on the subject.

The article is titled Parenting and Raising Children.

“Children depend on their parents and family members for encouragement,protection, and support as they learn to think for themselves. Children need a safe and loving home where they do not have to grow up in fear. If the child's dignity is safe, that is nobody encroaches upon a child physically or verbally, then he is able to learn. Children require a lot of love, patience, time, energy, money, and planning in order to give them the life they deserve. It takes two people to make a child and two people to raise him/her."

The last paragraph I will share is from the link http://guidance.gospelcom.net/family.htm

"We excuse ourselves by saying, "We don't spend much time together, but our time is quality time." This makes me wonder what one minute of "quality time" per day might include. Perhaps you will agree with me that quality time cannot exist apart from quantities of time."

"Another argument we use is: "My kids are young. If I'm not around that much for the first few years, it won't matter." This attitude fails to take into account the fact that many opportunities present themselves only once and only for a moment. A child is only two for one year. Toddlers do not remain toddlers for long. We must seize every opportunity to be together because none of us knows which moments are going to be locked forever into a child's memory. And none of us knows which experiences will mark turning points in a child's life.”


Each comment is blunt and to the point. We all need to do better. A friend also suggested checking out the videos of videos.lds.org.