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- "Parents must prepare themselves, then actively present God’s perspective on the
body and sexuality. Passive parenting will not persuade youth to stand strong for
morality and chastity—especially if they don’t even understand what they are."
- "Attitudes about sex, gender knowledge, and acceptance are contributing to your
children's sex education nearly every day of their lives."
- "As you accept and act upon the opportunity to provide sacred instruction, you not only
bestow needed vision and understanding to your children, you also light the way for
other parents to follow."
- "If you are too embarrassed or too unsure of yourself to teach your children, Satan
gains free rein of their hearts and minds. . . . Embarrassment is a particularly effective
tool he has found to keep parents from teaching their children eternal truths regarding the
sanctity of sexuality."
- "If you dislike sex and think it’s dirty or evil, your children will sense it. If you
are embarrassed talking about it, they will feel it. Children need their parents to teach
with confidence and conviction, and with a healthy attitude and reverence for sexuality."
- "If children’s needs for love, acceptance, and feeling valued and important are met within
the home, they will be less likely to seek substitute love elsewhere."
- "When youth have the power of light and truth behind them and a positive understanding of
why they should wait and what the value or blessings are of waiting, they are able to find
greater desire and strength to resist temptations."
- "Show your children that you care by asking probing and pertinent questions about
their feelings and their problems. Children need your help and long for your guidance,
attention, and active participation in their lives."
- "Positive teachings are a greater long-term deterrent to sexual deviance than
threats of 'hellfire and damnation.' With positive teachings and greater understanding,
reverence can replace recklessness among our youth."
- "The goals of teaching children and youth about sex should go beyond having our youth
safely married in the temple; we need to help them learn what is needed to live 'happily
ever after. . . .' Premarital chastity alone will not ensure sexual fulfillment in marriage.'"
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Created Apr 6, 2003; Updated Apr 26, 2008
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