Adventures in Family Relations

The role of parents is divine! Each child comes to earth with a divine entitlement to parents who will rear them with love and righteousness. In The Family: A Proclamation to the World it says: “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.” The role of parents is to teach and love their children, not to merely train them to do what you want. This kind of result-based parenting is not good for child development or the general attitude of the parents themselves. In the pre-existence before this life, two plans for God’s children were proposed. Christ’s plan was to love each child and give them their agency, then test and observe to see what they would do with it. The adversary’s plan was to force each child to do the right thing. That is why this adverse method of parenting is...

Research has shown that married couples with dual income homes actually end up losing money instead of gaining more income. With all factors included that must be purchased in order to provide a second job for the wife, it results in a net loss for the household. This can provide a source of conflict, as most couples do decide to work because they wish to provide better educational and social opportunities  for their children, when in reality it does the opposite.  Children with mothers whose primary job is nurturing have typically have better outcomes emotionally and academically.  Now that this has been made clear, that it is better economically and developmentally (for the children) if mothers do not have jobs and instead stay home, the question remains, how important is it really for women who wish to start families and become mothers to receive college education and get degrees. This is a very important question to me, and I am currently a college student...