And ye will not suffer your children . . . that they transgress the laws of God, and fight and quarrel one with another, and serve the devil, who is the master of sin. . . .
But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another. - Mosiah 4:14-15"President [Ezra TaftT Benson spoke of one additional council in which every member of the Church may participate - the family council. It is the one for which all of the others exist," said Sister Barbara B. Smith, former Relief Society general president, during the October 1979 general conference.
"All families should regularly hold council meetings to discuss such things as how to adjust the budget to include carpet for the living room, assigning responsibilities for the garden's care, how to spend the summer vacation - so that together the family can arrive at workable solutions."
