Family Work

Opening Song: When We're Helping (Children's Songbook 198b)
Scripture: D&C 58:26-28, D&C 107:99
Activity: Service Project or family work project around the house.
Closing Song: Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel (Hymn #252)

 "Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of...work." (The Family: A Proclamation to the World)


Fanguna family planting crops

President Spencer W. Kimball said: “We believe in work for ourselves and for our children. … We should train our children to work, and they should learn to share the responsibilities of the home and the yard. They should be given assignments to keep the house neat and clean, even though it be humble. Children may be given assignments … to take care of the garden” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1976, 5; or Ensign, May 1976, 5).

"A thirteen-year-old who has been mowing lawns for four years writes, 'Family projects have really helped me to understand how to work. The harder you work, the better you feel. I am grateful for a closer relationship with my brothers and parents.'"
A sixteen-year-old said, 'Working on family projects has taught us the importance of being honest and dependable. It has taught us to make a lot of sacrifices in order to keep our name in good standing.'
And finally, our fifteen-year-old said, 'The family work projects have helped me manage my money. When I buy my clothes and other things, I take care of them because I know how much they cost and how much work it takes to buy them. When my parents bought my things, I honestly thought there was an endless supply of money, so I wouldn’t take care of them. Also, work gives me a feeling of satisfaction—and a great tan.'" - Dean Jarman (The Blessings of Family Work Projects. Oct. 1982 General Conference) 


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