As you start to organize a family -- marriage and then children -- your thoughts might be about how you want to get an education and a job that will take care of your family. Once the children arrive your thoughts focus on them:
- How you want to be the best parent ever
- How much love your children and want to teach them and always be there for them
- How you want the best for your children
- How you want your children to be strong and smart and good looking
- How you want them to be nice and honest and courteous and humble
- How you want them to accept your beliefs about God and life and the good things that religion and gospel offer and then they can develop their own testimony of it all
- How you want them to know about and act with faith, hope, and charity
- How you want your children to be outgoing and positive and hard working and willing and able to take on any life challenge
- How you want your children to take on challenges with confidence and courage and all of those other intrinsic values they have
- How you want your children to experience disappointment and discouragement and see how they bring about new opportunities
- How you want your children to learn about the importance of work and then work hard in everything
- How you want your children to grow up with more than you had/have; with better education and opportunities and . . .
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