The health of any society, the happiness of the people, their
prosperity, and their peace all find common roots in the
teaching of children in the home.
Our most important and powerful assignments are in
the family.
They're important because the family has the opportunity at
the start of a child's life to place feet
firmly on the path home.
Parents have the sacred responsibility to help
children to act and to seek learning by faith.
A child is never too young to take part in
this pattern of learning.
Teach each precious boy or girl that he or she is a child
that God created in His image with a
sacred purpose and potential.
Of all the help we can give these young people, the
greatest would be to let them feel our confidence that they
are on the path home to God, that they can make it.
And we do that best by going with them.
Because the path is steep and sometimes rocky, they will at
times feel discouraged and even stumble.
They may at times become confused about their
destination and wander after less
eternally important goals.
The best counsel for us to give young people is that they
can only arrive back to Heavenly Father as they are
guided and corrected by the Spirit of God.