It takes courage to gather children from whatever they’re doing and kneel together as a family. It takes courage to turn off the television and the computer and to guide your family through the pages of the scriptures every day. It takes courage to turn down other invitations on Monday night so that you can reserve that evening for your family. It takes courage and willpower to avoid over-scheduling so that your family can be home for dinner. . Larry R. Lawrence
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We spend so much time with our children that we sometimes forget that they are people. We want to help them but we also want them to help us. We do our best to keep our children safe and secure but sometimes they make mistakes which can be dangerous. Children, like ourselves, need to make good decisions and not repeat the same mistakes over and over again.

Making these decisions requires courage and willpower because sometimes it means turning down other activities to spend time with the family. It also means making sacrifices at times when we feel like spending time with others. These are all things that parents do for their children because that is what families do.

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