Parenting

This week we talked about parenting. 

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. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.

I wanted to start off with sharing this paragraph from the Proclamation to the World because in this paragraph it outlines what parents duties are. I especially like the last sentence because it really shows the importance of parenting. It is also scary because you want to make sure that you do everything you can to raise your child in the right way so that Heavenly Father will be proud and happy. 

I cannot wait to be a parent, to be a mom. I cannot wait for that moment that I get to see my children for the first time after giving birth. Parenthood is one of the hardest things to do and mothers and fathers never get released from this calling.

It is important to remember that the way we parent will affect our children long term and so we need to make sure that we are doing the very best we can and are becoming active parents. 

My parents are the most amazing people in the world and I am grateful for the way that they raised me and I hope that I can be just like them one day.