Family

“Family time is sacred time. …Family is the basic organization in this time and in the eternities” President Boyd K. Packer, General Conference, March 31, 2012

“Do things to let our children know that we love them, and things that let them know that we love our Heavenly Father. … Show love and forgiveness as does our Heavenly Father.” David F. Evans, General Conference, April 1, 2012

“Today we are reaping a harvest of family love from seeds sown years ago. Preparations to strengthen family ties came in 1823, when the angel Moroni first appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith. Moroni announced the coming of Elijah, who would cause the hearts of children to be turned to their fathers.” Elder Russell M. Nelson, General Conference, April 1998, LDS.org

“In choosing how we spend time as a family, we should be careful not to exhaust our available time on things that are merely good and leave little time for that which is better or best. … Super family activities may be good for children, but they are not always better than one-on-one time with a loving parent. …Parents should act to preserve time for family prayer, family scripture study, family home evening, and the other precious togetherness and individual one-on-one time that binds a family together and fixes children’s values on things of eternal worth. Parents should teach gospel priorities through what they do with their children.” Elder Dallin H. Oaks, General Conference, October 2007, LDS.org

“Sometimes you might be tempted to think as I did from time to time in my youth; ‘The way things are going, the world’s going to be over with. The end of the world is going to come before I get to where I should be.’ Not so! You can look forward to doing it right – getting married, having a family, seeing your children and grandchildren, maybe even great-grandchildren.” President Boyd K. Packer, Ensign, November 2011, pg 79-82

Position:

Family is the most basic and essential unit through all time and the eternities. It is the most important support system there is on this earth. It is the greatest responsibility of young, married couples. A family is a great gift and a great source of happiness, if you let it be. I think that you have to make family a priority to really benefit form it. If family is not a priority I it becomes an annoyance, only because it is not a priority like Heavenly Father intended it to be. I love my family and have been blessed with a wonderful one, both my side and my husbands’ side. We have the best times together. Our happiest memories involve multiple families together.