Using "The Family: A Proclamation to the World"

Hang a copy of the proclamation in your home or classroom.

Encourage youth to keep a copy of the proclamation in their scriptures.

Link key statements in the proclamation to lessons taught from the scriptures.

Study and refer to the proclamation in family home evening.

We have a theology of the family that is based on the Creation, the Fall, and the Atonement.

We are preparing our youth for the temple and for eternal families.

Among the threats to the family is divorce, which is on the rise.

Parents, as well as leaders and teachers of youth, should teach the doctrine of the family to the rising generation as found in the scriptures and the family proclamation.

Photo illustration by Steve Bunderson

Left: detail from Universe, by Sidney King; detail from Leaving the Garden of Eden, by Joseph Brickey; detail from Not My Will, But Thine, Be Done, by Harry Anderson, courtesy of Pacific Press Publishing Association, Inc.; photo illustrations by Weston C. Colton and Craig Dimond

Left: photo illustration by Christina Smith; right: photograph of Nauvoo Illinois Temple and photo illustration by John Luke © IRI; photograph of feet © Getty Images

Notes

1.

See "The Family: A Proclamation to the World," Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2010, 129.

2.

Gordon B. Hinckley, "Stand Strong against the Wiles of the World," Ensign, Nov. 1995, 100.

3.

Ezra Taft Benson, "What I Hope You Will Teach Your Children about the Temple," Ensign, Aug. 1985, 6.

4.

Spencer W. Kimball, "Fortify Your Homes against Evil," Ensign, May 1979, 6.

5.

Spencer W. Kimball, "Families Can Be Eternal," Ensign, Nov. 1980, 4.

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