Heavenly father
has stated in the family proclamation that we are all created in the image of
him and that we are sons and daughters of heavenly parents. With this he also
states that gender is an essential characteristic of individual pre-mortal,
mortal, and eternal identity and purpose. Therefore I believe that we are each created for a certain purpose
and for our purposes our gender plays a large role. But with being born for our
certain purposes we should be treated equal to one another. We are all sons and
daughters to our Heavenly Father.
Being sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father
we should treat each other as our brothers and sisters and help each other to
grow. We need to build each other up and teach each other all principles and characteristic.
Children should learn the same things and grow up to participate in whatever activities
they would like and not have gender role to where they aren’t able to play that
because that’s a boy’s toy or a girls. But with being our own person and being
able to participate in whatever activities we should also teach specific
qualities that they need to have per gender. In The Family, A Proclamation to the World it states:
By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in
love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life
and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the
nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and
mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death,
or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. (
Therefore we need to teach our sons how to be a
good fathers and hard workers so they can be the support of the family and we
need to teach a daughter how to be a nurturing mothers. With these characteristic
both men and women, boys and girls should all
learn them but some of these characteristics are more prevalent in one gender
or another.
Circumstances can change these responsibilities
though. My mother, before she had my oldest brother, had gotten in a three
wheeler accident and became a paraplegic. She broke her back and has no
movement in her legs. She has been in a wheelchair ever sense. Along with this my
parents got divorced when I was little. So at my house we grew up knowing that
we all had to pitch in. There were things that my mother couldn't do or things
that were harder for her to do because of her disability. Therefore for me, I
have learned to be a hard worker and to help out all those around me as well as
I have learned by helping her cook how to cook myself. My mother is a great
example to me and with everything that she has been through she is almost never
negative. She takes life as it comes and teaches us to do the same. I admire
her and love her so much.
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