Mothers, consider the enormous responsibility you have lying in your arms.
This is the child who will grow up watching and copying your every action and attitude.
What do you really know about raising children anyway?
“Mothers have no more compelling responsibility, nor any laden with greater rewards, than the nurture given their children in an environment of security, peace, companionship, love and motivation to grow and do well,” President Gordon B. Hinckley, in his book Standing For Something, said.
Mothers on campus share what their mothers have taught them that have helped them raise their children.
Jennifer Jones, head resident of Perkins Hall and mother to three children, said her mother has taught her a lot about compassion—not only for her own children, but for other people.
“When I am having a rough day I just remember that my mother had rough days too and she was always thinking about others,” Jones said.
The love of reading and books is also something that Jones learned from her mother. She is trying to pass this love on to her oldest child, Tyler, by reading to him.
Jones also realizes the great impact good music can have on children because of the music her mother had in their home while she was growing up.
Kelly Allen, a freshman from Rexburg, who has a 19-month old baby named Grant, received much love and acceptance from her mother, whose love she has passed down.
“My mom taught us the importance of being ourselves, that we didn’t have to do what the other kids were doing,” Allen said. “I let Grant be himself.”
Kayli Shaw, a junior from Camas, Wash., said one thing that has helped her most as she has become a mother is the positive outlook her mother has about motherhood.
“She never complained about being a mom,” Shaw said.
When Shaw was pregnant she would call her mom with her concerns and her worries. Her mom would tell her not to worry and that things wouldn’t be that bad,
“My mom helped me to look forward to being a mom,” Shaw said.
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