"An important element of doing the best we can as parents is to
provide loving but firm discipline. If we do not discipline our children,
society may do it in a way that is not to our liking or our children's.
Part of disciplining children is to teach them to work. President Gordon B.
Hinckley has said: 'One of the greatest values . . . is the virtue of
honest work. Knowledge without labor is profitless. Knowledge with labor is
genius'
"Knowledge does away with darkness, suspense, and doubt; for these cannot exist where knowledge is . . . In knowledge there is power."
"Arguments . . . will come at you in classrooms and hallways, in what
you read, and in what you see in popular entertainment. Many in the world
deny the need for a Savior. Others deny that there is any right or wrong,
and they scoff at the idea of sin or a devil. Still others rely on the
mercy of God and ignore His justice. . . .
"Be not deceived. . . .
Heed the ancient and modern prophetic warnings against thievery,
drunkenness, and all forms of sexual sin. The deceiver seeks to destroy
your spirituality by all of these means. . . . Beware of the slick package
and the glitz of a good time. What the devil portrays as fun can be
spiritually fatal."