What is the major influence in helping a child stay morally clean? One study noted that “the factor that has by far the greatest effect on the private religious life of our youth…is home religious observance….The home and family influence is much more significant than that exercised by peer groups or by program participation. IN fact, the influence of the home, whether it be positive or negative, is overwhelming.”
In Helping Your Child Stay Morally Clean, Allan K. Burgess, a seminary teaching support consultant for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, explains the specific steps parents can take to help their children stay morally clean. Where did Brother Burgess get this information? He went to the source: the young people themselves, and to parents who have had success in this area of child rearing. He also went to those who haven’t been successful—to those who have made mistakes. The result is a positive, helpful book that focuses on the causes of immorality and on preventive measures that can be taken.
The author writes, “This book will emphasize how we can teach morality to our children. Each chapter contains ideas that have proven successful in many Latter-day Saint homes and powerful quotations from the General Authorities of the Church. As we learn practice these ideas and teachings, we will be better able to help our children remain clean and pure and receive the blessings that come from living the law of chastity.”
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