Teaching Gospel Principles to Children

Read Doctrine and Covenants 68:25–28 with participants.

Parents are to teach their children the first principles and ordinances of the gospel.

Use the following questions to discuss ways parents can help their children apply the principles of faith and repentance and prepare to be baptized and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. As you guide the discussion, encourage participants to share examples from their own lives.

Point out that parents need to look for opportunities to teach their children that faith helps us through the challenges and difficulties of life. For example, if a child is having difficulty in school or with a friend, parents could read a scripture passage with the child, help him or her pray for guidance and comfort, and then help the child understand how the Lord provides help.

Parents should “teach their children to pray, and to walk uprightly before the Lord.”