The Home is the Most Significant Classroom

I have been thinking alot about the basic unit of society, the family and I found this quote by our beloved President Monson. It has made me realize how important the family is and how important each member of the family's role is. Even though I grew up in a divorced family I was fortunate enough to have a mom and dad who could put aside thier differences for each other and concentrate on raising us kids. My hope is that my children will see how truly blessed they are to have the parents that they have to have the Gospel in thier lives, something I didn't have.

"Perhaps most significant of all classrooms is the classroom of the home. It is in the home that we form our attitudes, our deeply held beliefs. It is in the home that hope is fostered or destroyed. Our homes are the laboratories of our lives. What we do there determines the course of our lives when we leave home. Dr. Stuart E. Rosenberg wrote in his book The Road to Confidence, 'Despite all new inventions and modern designs, fads and fetishes, no one has yet invented, or will ever invent, a satisfying substitute for one's own family.' "

Thomas S. Monson, "Precious Children--A Gift from God," Ensign, Nov. 1991, 68