Family, isn't it about time?

So the semester ends and that means so does this class...but lucky for me I am a Child Development Major and get to have family classes until I graduate! I will do my best to keep this updated! We were all disappointed to hear that our teacher wasn't teaching anymore after this year. I have never learned so much nor decided to take such a strong stance for families until I actually started to read into them and study them and hear other people's insights on them. Families are the central unit of society. Today I would like to talk about "The Family: A Proclamation to the World". My husband had to memorize it for his final so I have been thinking a lot on it. It may have been written by the first presidency and council of the 12 apostle of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, but it can benefit families all around the world.
If you are confused on your roles as a father, mother, or child- read and study this!! It talks about the family being central to the plan of salvation- we can't do it with out a family. It explains that we are all made in the image of God and that God gave us gender as part of an eternal characteristic: women have characteristics, such as being the nurturer and caregiver, inborn in us; men have the need to provide preside and protect their families and loved ones. It talks about how we need a body in order to progress toward perfection. It talks about how husbands and wives need to multiply and replenish the earth, and that because our gender is eternal, we need to employ these powers of procreation only between a husband and wife. It tells us how sacred life is and the we need to respect it in everyone. It tells us that parents are responsible for the upbringing of their children- it is a sacred duty to teach their children in love and righteousness, and parents will be held accountable for the "discharge of these obligations." But my favorite line is: "Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity." There's no getting around how specific that statement is. Further in that paragraph they state that the family needs to be established "on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities." These are all basics to our lives, but think how much stronger each family would be if they had these as the basic principles in their families for their everyday lives. I says that mothers are primarily responsible to nurture their children, and fathers are to provide, preside and protect for the families. But through this, they are equal partners. We will all be held accountable before God for what we do with these responsibilities. This is written to "responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere." That leaves no one out.

This life is about family- isn't it about time?