Communication & Involvement

This week I really learned the importance of proper communication with your spouse. If you do not communicate on a regular basis then a lot of things will be unresolved and progression will not occur in the family. I was just talking with one of my married friends who just recently had a baby. Both her and her husband were saying how important communication is in married. I was asking them about the transition into marriage, since I will soon be in that stage of life, and they said that it is so important to communicate with each other about this transition because although you might go through a huge transition right at first, throughout your entire marriage you will have differences about things that need to be communicated so each other can adjust to your needs and visa versa. That way things want get worse as time goes on.

Along with communicating and counseling with your spouse, parents need to make sure to do the same with their children. Being involved in a child's life will make a huge impact on them and how confident they are. Children look up to their parents, and through the interaction parents have with each other and then also with their children will create a better unity in the home. Just as Sister Dalton in this last General Conference talked about "the most important thing Fathers can do for his daughters is to love her mother" she then pointed out that by doing this "you will teach your daughter about tenderness, loyalty, respect, compassion, and devotion."  Through the Father's involvement in the home the children will pick up on his example. Stephen Covey once said "without involvement, there is no commitment." When both parents are involved in their children's lives there is a stronger commitment in the family.