I really love this, because I feel that my parents did a very good job at this. We knew what we were supposed to do and we knew what happened if we did not or we did something that was bad I am so thankful for that. I know that sometimes parents give their children so many rules that they cannot wait to go to college so they can do what they want. At college I knew what my parents expected and I did not want to disappoint them. This is how I feel that it should be. I was never sneaky behind my parents back, because the couple times that I did try I broke down and told my parents. I hope that someday I can be the type of parents that mine are!
Nelson says, "The family proclamation makes clear that Heavenly Father expects parents to have significant influence in the lives of their children. God's plan for His children may be ideally characterized as the placement of children into homes where parents are committed to their development and proclamation principles are practiced. No other arrangement is as effective, as demonstrated by the First Presidency's call to parents ... 'to devote their best efforts to the teaching and rearing of their children in gospel principles which will keep them close to the Church. The home is the basis of a righteous life, and no other instrumentality can take its place or fulfill its essential functions in carrying forward this God-given responsibility...'"
In this chapter, Nelson talks about parenting styles vs practices and it's great to be able to see the difference.This chapter really helps me, because even though I do not have kids I can learn the things that i need to do to become a good mother. I will do the best that I can to be a mother that is pleasing unto our Heavenly Father. I want to have traits like our Savior to be the best mother that I possibly can be.
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