Youth Can Help Strengthe n their Families Families Can Be Together Forever Click on camera to view video F A M I L Y Father and mother I love you How can you show your parents you love them? Strong families require effort. Your family will be blessed as you do your part to strengthen it. Be cheerful, helpful, and considerate of family members. Many problems in the home come from family members speaking and acting selfishly or unkindly. Seek to be a peacemaker rather than to tease, fight, and quarrel. Show love for your family members each day. Share your testimony with your family through words and actions. Your righteous example can make a difference in strengthening your family. Honor your parents by showing love and respect for them. Obey them as they lead you in righteousness. Willingly help in your home. Participate in wholesome family activities and traditions. Join your family in family prayer, family scripture study, and family home evenings. Keeping these commandments strengthens and unifies families. If your family does not do these things together, pray and study the scriptures yourself. Your example may encourage your family members to join you. Strengthen your relationships with your brothers and sisters. They can become your closest friends. Support them in their interests, and help them with challenges they may be facing. Honor your parents by showing love and respect for them. Obey them as they lead you in righteousness President Thomas S. Monson You have a heritage; honor it. There come thundering to our ears the words from Mount Sinai: Honour thy father and thy mother. How do you honor your parents? I like the words of William Shakespeare: They do not love that do not show their love. There are countless ways in which you can show true love to your mothers and your fathers. You can obey them and follow their teachings, for they will never lead you astray. You can treat them with respect. They have sacrificed much and continue to sacrifice in your behalf. Be honest with your mother and your father. One reflection of such honesty with parents is to communicate with them. Avoid the silent treatment. The clock ticks more loudly, its hands move more slowly when the night is dark, the hour is late, and a precious daughter has not yet come home. If you are detained, make a telephone call: Mom, Dad, were OK. Just stopped for something to eat. Dont worry; were fine. Be home soon. What are you currently doing to show your mother and your father you love and respect them? Loving your father and mother is a very essential principle of strengthening family. Mothers & Daughters Click on the camera to view video There is no other relationship quite like that which can and should exist between a boy and his dad. I believe that by doing these three simple things you can make your relationship with your father even better than it is right now. 1. Trust your father. 2. Take an interest in your fathers life. 3. Ask your father for advice. Fathers and Sons Click on the camera to view video Strengthen your relationships with your brothers and sisters. They can become your closest friends. Support them in their interests, and help them with challenges they may be facing. Click on the books and read the heartfelt story of Joseph Smith & his brother Hyrum. How did Hyrum show his brother Joseph that he loved him? What could you do to support your brothers and sisters? Never underestimate the need for you to strengthen your family. In closing: view this video of A young man who exercises faith and is instrumental in bringing his mother back into full Church activity. Youth can and do strengthen their families! Reunited by Faith Click on the camera to view video