“Teach Them to His Children”
Parents are responsible to teach their children the commandments of God. Though they can be greatly assisted by the Church and its auxiliaries, the responsibility to see that children have been properly taught remains with the parents. Though mothers may assume the greater teaching role, particularly with younger children, the divine obligation to see that children are properly taught rests first with the father. This is simply a manifestation of the patriarchal order. Neither the Church nor its auxiliaries is eternal, whereas the family unit, including the patriarchal order, will continue among the righteous in the worlds to come. The government of heaven is family government and salvation is a family affair.
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