Parenting with Love, Limits, and Latitude: Proclamation Principles and Supportive Scholarship (Chapter 10)

In this blog, I would like to discuss three important aspects from chapter ten of Successful Marriages and Families. As I was reading this chapter, I discovered three important aspects that I think are important when it comes to "parenting with love, limits, and latitude." The first aspect is that "Parents should never drive their children, but lead them along, giving them knowledge as their minds are prepared to receive it. Chastening may be necessary betimes, but parents should govern their children by faith rather than by the rod, leading them kindly by good example into all truth and holiness." (Widstoe, 1978, p. 208, as cited in Hart, Newell, & Haupt). I think that this is important because I think that parents should guide their children by being a strong example. The second aspect is that "Every child is entitled to grow up in a hoe where there is a warm and secure companionship, where there is love in the family relationship, where appreciation on for another is taught and exemplified and where God is acknowledged and His peace and blessings invoked before the family altar." (President Gordon B. Hinckley, p. 108). I truly believe that every child deserves to be loved and comforted through security and protection of their parents and/or guardians. The final aspect is that "Helping children learn how to make decisions requires that parents give them a measure of autonomy, dependent on the age and maturity of the child and the situation at hand. Parents need to give children choices and should be prepared to appropriately adjust some rules, thus preparing children for real-world situations." (Elder M. Russell Ballard, 2003, p.8). I think that parents should teach their children the importance of decision making and that with every decision comes a consequence.
References:

• Hart, C. H., Newell, L. D., & Haupt, J. H. (2008, August). Love, Limits, and Latitude - Ensign Aug. 2008 - ensign. Retrieved July 20, 2014, from https://www.lds.org/ensign/2008/08/love-limits-and-latitude?lang=eng