Be Involved-The Family Proclamation

“The strongest and most consistent predictor of children’s mental health, adjustment, happiness, and well-being is the level of involvement of their parents in their life (Steinberg, pg. 48)”.  When parents are involved you see their desire to provide, protect and nurture their children. These parents want the best for their children and would do anything to help them. When a child has an involved parent they feel they can accomplish anything because they have support. The family proclamation states the role of the parents. Husband and Wife are to rare their children in love and righteousness. Husbands are to preside, provide, and protect. Mothers are to nurture. Each of those actions tells us that the parent is involved in their children’s well being. Parenting is not a part time endeavor, but it’s constantly being involved. When parents are involved they are expressing their love and concern for their child. Actions speak loudly than words. In the gospel we are constantly being taught that we need to know who are children are by asking questions and being involved in their education, spirituality, and hobbies. As we are involved we can come to know their strengths and weaknesses and then help them the best that we can. When King Benjamin is addressing the people he also says, “And ye will not suffer your children that they go hungry, or naked; neither will ye suffer that they transgress the laws of God, and fight and quarrel one with another, and serve the devil, who is the master of sin, or who is the evil spirit which hath been spoken of by our fathers, he being an enemy to all righteousness. But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness: ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another (Mosiah 4:14-15)”. We can teach our children effectively when we are involved in their daily lives.