We talked about parenting in class last week. There are many purposes of parenting. The whole purpose of coming to Earth is to have families. It is a microcosm of eternal life. It is practice for Godhood. Parenting is for the parent. Heavenly Father is hurt when we are bad parents. It causes Him pain when children are not taken of properly. He loves each of them and has trusted us to care for them properly. It is an opportunity for constant, intimate teaching and learning. The purpose of parenting is to protect and help our children to learn to thrive. We should unconditionally and continually love our children no matter what. I found it very comforting to know that if parents keep their sealing covenants and their children go astray, they will be saved in this life or the next. It is very important for child and parent both to be well bonded to one another. What happens to our children should be deeply concerning to us. We need to choose to attach to the people we care about. We should want to be parents because it is associated with happiness. We learned a little bit about discipline. The word discipline comes from disciple. A disciple follows and has direction given to them. I thought that was really interesting.