Post #11

This week we have been talking about parenting. This was great because I have also been taking a parenting class this semester. Some of the purposes of parenting are to gain experience, give those children experience, teach them the gospel, learn to love, and ultimately become like our Heavenly Father. What an amazing and challenging opportunity our Heavenly Father has given us. I hope I am ready for it. Some of the things I have learned for parents to do are give polite requests, coaching, encouragement, support, and natural and logical consequences. I love this quote by sister Cheryl A. Esplin. She says, "Raising our children is a much greater responsibility than we can do alone without the Lord’s help. He knows exactly what our children need to know, what they need to do, and what they need to be to come back into His presence. He gives mothers and fathers specific instruction and guidance through the scriptures, His prophets, and the Holy Ghost."I think this is the greatest tool we have as parents to raise these children from our Heavenly Father.