Why is family so important to Mormons?

Greg answered…

After I joined the Mormon Church I learned about the importance of families. Not long after that I realized that if I was going to follow this teaching I needed to tell my father that I loved him. That was very difficult for me since my dad and I argued so much. I spent the better part of 2 weeks trying to determine how I could do this. When the time came I found that the words came more easily than I had thought. From that point to the time he died, about 22 years later, he and I had an entirely different relationship. We were now friends. And I found how much I regretted all our arguments while growing up. And now I find that I miss him and more fully understand how important our families are.

Taylor answered…

 Ill awnser this question because i awnser it daily. It simple of all the people that ask this question as yourselves this! when in troubling times who would you want there? when feeling lonely or lost who would you want there? We as mormons believe in a strong family foundation! so when those winds of adversity blow we can take shelter among those we know will always love us, always care, and always strive to help!

Andrew answered…

One of the main reasons why we emphasize the importance of families so much is because we believe that we can live with our families forever. In the temple we can be married forever, even past death. Along with husband and wife being together, we believe that children can be with their parents and family too. My personal belief is that God put us in our individual families for many reasons. To learn from each other, to love each other, to help each other in times of need or distress. We can also have fun, laugh, and play with each other. I love my family very much, even with all the faults that each of us have. I know that God would not want that to be a temporary relationship, but that it should be an eternal relationship.

Chad answered…

It's common to refer to God as our 'Heavenly Father'. In fact we are all children of God. We came from an ideal and loving family environment before we were born. Our earthly families can enjoy those same blessings. Even after we exit this earthly world, we can be with the very people we treasure the most... Our families.

Zach answered…

Family is so important to Mormons because we believe that families are central to our Heavenly Father's plan for us. Through this Plan of Happiness we believe that our Family relationships can exist beyond this life. We believe that through the plan our families can be together for eternity. We believe that Families are a gift from God. Through Families we can learn and grow. Families founded on the Teachings of Jesus Christ can be happy and places of safety and peace. I would like to add my testimony that Families are ordained of God. I am grateful for my family and all that I learn from them. I am grateful for the opportunity I have to live with them forever.

Paul answered…

One of the greatest gifts that God has given us is the gift of eternal families. What that means that even though our life here on Earth is limited to a relatively short time, after our mortal existence ends we will be reunited with our loved ones. This has given me a strong motivation to rekindle my relationship with my family, and to do family history work to learn more about my ancestors.

DILLON McMANAMON answered…

With out Family we have nothing. Look around us every day we have people that love and care about us alot and most of those people are in our very own family. I have 2 Brothers one older and one younger and a little Sister and when my parents were getting divorce it was really hard on all of us but for us kids we all held each other up and we got over it and now we are one big happy Family and are so important to us because they hold up when we are about to fall.

Siara answered…

Family is the one thing on earth that is a sure thing. Having a close family is important and though it may be hard, it can be done. The church has brought my family together in several ways and made us closer and stronger. Thanks to my faith, I also know that I will be able to be with them forever and I wouldn't want it any other way. 

Sam answered…

Families are so important because it is within families that we begin to understand our purpose here. Once we understand that, we realize that the only way for us to accomplish this is through families. Families are what help us really grow and become better. Its like a rock tumbler if you only put one rock in it is a lot harder to bump all those rough spots off. When you take a "family" of rocks you find that together they can each become smoother stones or more refined through bumping up and working with others in our family.

Shirley N. answered…

We can be with our families not only in this life, but also after we die. We are Heavenly Father's children, and will be reunited with Him in His eternal family. There is life after death, and we will be with Him eternally, if we keep the commandments and live worthily.

Greg answered…

Great Question! Our Phrophet Thomas S. Monson has said that church begains at home. It does. We learn about God and the Savior in church, but we learn to exercise that knowladge at home first. In our relasionships with our parents and brothers and sisters. It's where parents counsel and teach in hopes that when our family members go out into the world they will remember what is taught and choose the right path. This applies to both gosple principles and life. Families that live the gosple and practice what they have learned love more fully, forgive more freely and up lift more quickly. Home becomes heaven on earth. A place where children return often, instead of finding other places to be. Families are forever. I have a wife that I have loved for 26 years. The thought of that relasionship and love ending scares me. I want to love her forever. The gosple of Jesus Christ allows us to do that. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has given me countless opportunities to love and lead my family as the Savior would. With love.

Hillary answered…

The family is the center of God's plan for us. The family unit is a tool to strengthen relationships, learn of love and care, provide necessities for, and a source of strength, guidance, and testing. The opportunity that families have to be sealed to each other, for time and all eternity, enable the relationships we have on Earth to proceed into the eternities. There are many types of families, but none are perfect. However, through the help of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we have the capability to become perfected and be with our Earthly and Heavenly family forever.

Clif answered…

We know that we can be physically together with our families forever, but only if we follow God's commandments. Now if you knew that you were going to be around your mother/brother/spouse/kids for that long, wouldn't you also try especially hard to have a good relationship with them? I've had the opportunity to make a lot of friends/acquaintances, but I have never received so much love and support from any of them as I have had from my parents. They really want to be with me forever, and that makes me feel so good.

Theresa answered…

The family is important to Mormons for the same reason that family is important to anybody. It is important, because we love our families and because the family unit is central to the teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Families are meant to be together forever, and I appreciate the divine revelation that comes directly from Jesus Christ that binds us together in the holy temple for time and all eternity. I love my family, and want to be with them forever.

Peggy answered…

The family is ordained of God. It is the most basic and important social unit of society. Moral decline is on the rise, so striving to protect the family is very important. This is where we can do the most good for our children, teach them correct principles and they will govern themselves. Also, families can be together in the next life so it is important to help each other live the gospel.

Jesse answered…

Family is the greatest unit in society. We know that this is true. In a family consisting of a mother, father and children, sons and daughters of God can learn better about the truths of the Gospel, feel comfort, know the feeling of being wanted, and find peace and happiness. I know that when there is a family as described above, sons and daughters of God will be able to grow more be able to get back to their Heavenly Father easier when they leave this life. I know that families can be together forever, and I am very excited to begin a family of my own so that I can help more sons and daughters of God grow and feel of the Savior's and Heavenly Father's love.

Brittany answered…

Families are the fundamental unit of society. Families are means through which children are brought into this world to be loved, taught, and cared for by loving parents. These children will then grow up to be the future of our world. Families are where children are taught to be good, honest, and hard working people and productive members of society. Children need the security and stability only a family can give. It is within our families we are able to serve, love, teach, and learn from one another. They give us strength. Perosnally, my family is my greatest joy and comfort.

Tyler answered…

Family's are so important because life is so hectic. Our Heavenly Father has blessed us with the gift of a family so we can have others to help us endure.

Vanessa answered…

Would heaven be heaven without your family? I don't believe so. How could any of be turly happy without the people we love next to us? I know I couldn't. Family is so important to us because we believe that we cannot be saved or reach heaven without our families. I personally wouldn't want to.

Claire answered…

We believe that the family is ordained of God and that families can be together forever.

Lorisa answered…

It is within families that we learn the basic values of faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, and diligence. These values are the tools that help us have integrity and make righteous choices that will allow us to return to our Heavenly Father. Families also help us better understand the relationship we have with our Heavenly Father and the love He has for us. 

Ed answered…

We are on Earth to learn to be like our Heavenly Father. A family setting affords family members opportunities to learn unconditional love, love given to others without expectations of anything in return, which love is the highest form of love. Unconditional love is the kind of love our Heavenly Father gives to us.

Kaleb answered…

Families are how our Heavenly Father intended us to be organized upon the Earth. Some of the most important lessons learned in life are within the walls of our own homes. Families in mortality mirror the family we had in heaven. Families are the best place to teach, learn, and apply the principles of the Gospel. We can do so without distraction and discouragement. Families bring love, service, and joy into our lives by example and association.

Wayne answered…

We believe that families have the potential to be eternal. We are part of our Heavenly Father's Family and He wants our earthly families to become worthy to be united together, generation following generation, in His presence. The Gospel was restored in these latter-days "to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the children to the fathers," least the whole earth be smitten with a curse.

Families are the most important growth environment during this mortal life. "In our families we love, serve, teach and learn from each other. We share our joys and support each other in our sorrows. Family ties may bring us challenges, but they also give us strength and some our greatest happiness."

Strong families are vital to any society that expects to endure. .

James Bowen answered…

Why is family so important to mormons? its simple as mormons we believe that god gave us families for a reason. this reason is because that is where we can find true happiness. on thing that I have found out in my studies is that we are all sons and daughters of god. what does this mean? it means that you are my brother and sister, and we are both created in his image so we have devine potentual. This is why families are important to us.

Mike answered…

 As a Father, I love all my children and my Wife and I know that we can be an eternal family together again with our Father in Heaven. 

Kory Jane answered…

Our lives here on earth are based around families. We came from a family with a loving Heavenly Father and our Brother Jesus Christ. Now we are here to learn to be parents and be part of a loving family. The best part is our families stay with us even after we die. We believe in eternal families and that is so very important to me. I can't imagine dying and not being part of my family anymore. Why spend all this mortal time to get to know and love someone and then not get to be with them anymore? It just makes sense that our families can be eternal if we have the proper authority to seal us.

Danet (duh-nay) answered…

My family is so important to me because I want nothing more thant to be with them forever. The gospel gives me the opportunity to have a chance at an eternal family of my own with my husband. The greatest thing about the idea of eternal families is that I know that so long as we do our best on Earth, we can be together forever, even after death. This knowledge makes me excited and a little bit nervous to become a mother. I will have the huge responsibility, with my husband, to raise them and to teach them anything that will be necessary for them to succeed in life and have their own eternal families. I know that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that it is only in this sacred bond of marriage that we will be able to find true happiness.

Michelle answered…

Not only is the family an important unit of society, we believe the family is eternal, divinely appointed to bless us in this life and in the next. Each of us plays an important role in our family. Husbands and wives are to love each other and support each other. Fathers and mothers are to provide for the temporal, emotional, and spiritual needs of their children. President David O. McKay taught that "no other success can compensate for failure in the home", and I believe this to be true. Nothing in this life will give me greater satisfaction than a happy marriage and family. 

Zack answered…

Heavenly Father's work and glory is to "bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." His whole purpose is to do everything possible to make his family happy. We strive to follow in His example and make our families happy. We spend as much time with our family as we can. We grow together by reading scriptures together, praying together, doing activities together like attending a basketball game.

Lane answered…

Families are crucial to the plan that our Heavenly Father has for us. Our families have the responsibility to provide us with the protection, training, love and support that will help us navigate the storms of life. Sometimes our families need the support of a caring church family to help us through these challenges. As we work together we can accomplish much more and experience more joy than we could alone. Families can be there to support us in the highs as well as the lows of life.

Shawntae answered…

Family is important to Mormons because we are able to grow together as a family and strengthen one another. Knowing that you always have support from your family and that you can always depend on them is very comforting. When you know that you are going to be with your family eternally brings so much happiness because they will be there for everything in your life, through the good times and the bad times. Even if, you are the only member or active member in your family you are able to be a constant example to them and helping them with things that they might be going through. This is the situation that I am in, my parents are both less active and my brother is not a member. I take every chance that I can to be able to share my testimony with them and to share with them what I would do, using my knowledge of the gospel and how I would overcome an obstacle. I love my family with all of my heart, and I would do anything for them.

Danny answered…

I feel like this question doesn't need much explanation. Why wouldn't the family be the most important thing in our lives? I mean, where would we be without them? But in reality, when I think about it, I suppose I was blessed to be born into a wonderful loving family and not everyone is so blessed. Nevertheless, the family unit is the way God planned for His children to come into this world and be instructed, cared for, and nurtured.

R.J. answered…

Our families provide a setting for much of the growth we experience in life.

In our families we love, serve, teach, and learn from each other. We share our joys and our sorrows. Family ties may bring us difficult challenges, but they also give us strength and some of our greatest happiness.

The family is central to God’s plan for His children. It is also the central unit of society and the means for bringing children into the world where they can be loved, provided for, and taught truth and righteousness (see “The Family: A Proclamation to the World”).

While we cannot choose the conditions of our birth, we can choose each day to make our families stronger and happier. It is possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.

Cherity Simper answered…

As mormon families we know that being sealed together that we will one day see one another again. Also being around families is so wonderful. As it says in the proclamation that the family is central to God's plan for his children.It is also the central unit of society and the means for bringing children into the world where they can be loved, provided for, and taught truth and righteousness. We also know that if we have love at home we will be able to get through anything that comes our way. I love my family so much and I know that I will be able to pass on things that I have learned to the next generations and after.

Daniel answered…

Family is so important to Mormons because we believe that " Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ." We believe famlies can be together forever and it's important to build our relationships with them.

Katie answered…

Members of the LDS faith believe that family is the most important unit of the church, and the home is seen as the greatest place for families and children to learn the principles of the gospel and to gain knowledge of Christ, his Atonement, and God's plan for all of us to return home to Him.
We believe that the family is also the most fundamental unit of society, and the thing which will uphold society and strengthen it. If the family is strong, the community and society will also be strong.
Because we believe that God ordains families as the most important unit, it becomes very important to us to strengthen and maintain our families, providing a comfortable atmosphere in the home for children and other family members, and this duty comes to be regarded as crucial and also sacred.
Families are where children, adults, and everyone can experience the greatest happiness by serving one another and living in harmony in the home.

Richard Darrell answered…

Families are the basis of God's plan for us. God gave us families because He knows the blessing we can receive from them. They help us give guidance and support in our lives. They also protect and serve us. Families are where the greatest joy and happiness can come from. I have learned most everything that is important from my family. They give me joy and comfort and help me in times of need.

Nestor answered…

Family is central to the Mormon faith because we are children of a Heavenly Father who loves us all. As members of His family, we learn to be more like Him by experiecing the joys and pains that come from having and raising a family as He would have us do.

Chuck Jenkins answered…

We belive that family is eternal. When we get sealed in the Temple we are sealed for time and eternity, together forever. The family is ordained of God. Marriage between a man and a woman is essential to his eternal plan. Happiness in a family is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Jennifer answered…

We believe that families are an eternal unit and continue to be part of that family forever. What a great blessing! Not only do I get to spend all of eternity with my children and husband, but with my brothers and sisters and their families and my parents and ancestors. What a glorious thing!

Bri answered…

Family is important to everyone not just Mormons. It's most important to our Heavenly father. As sons and daughters, brothers and sisters wouldn't any parent want their children to love and lift each other?

Adam answered…

Everything I am, I pretty much owe to my family. I am so grateful to them for the great example of Christian living that they set for me. They taught me to love and serve others, to be honest in all my dealings, to repent of my wrongdoings, to work hard, to worship God and his son Jesus Christ, and to be grateful for the blessings I've received from them. The best place to learn to be the person God wants you to become is in the family.

Hong Min answered…

We know that relationship between family member can last forver. Heavenly father is truely the father of our spirit. We belief that we will be able to return to return to him one day, if we follow and obey everything he commanded us. So do our family member here on earth. We still able to see each other after this mortal life and our relationship can extend and grow even after our resurrection. This knowledge truely help me to live my life righteously so that I can live with my family forever.

Kyle answered…

My wife and I got married when we were in our thirties. Until that time I spent a lot of time on the single scene and traveling quite extensively for work. I had made many great friends and visited many amazing places. After getting married, I have realized how much I was missing. Family is so important to the members of the church because they realize that it brings a happiness that cannot be found anywhere else. It enriches our lives and creates moments that give life meaning and fulfillment.

Jonathan answered…

Families are the bricks in the great wall of human civilization. Knowing this, Satan will always try to weaken these bricks until they crumble away, leaving holes. If he crumbles enough families apart, our very fabric of society disppears. Most importantly, Heavenly Father has entrusted us to care for and nuture our little ones because they are His little ones, too. 

JJ answered…

Families are so important to Mormons because it's the basic unit of "life". We are all sent into families by God and I know that He has a purpose why He does that. He knows that all of us our weak, that we need to learn and grow. He gave us families in order to help us go through those hard times. Families will always be there for us. As we better our families and strengthen our bonds, we'll realize that they're the most significant part of our lives. It's true that not all families are perfect and some have problems within the family itself; but, we share the same blood, we wouldn't be here without the other. As we live more like Christ, we'll learn how to strengthen our families and possibly extend it to everybody. We are all children of God after all, we belong to a big eternal family.

Kyle B. answered…

well , without families life would be pretty much next to impossible. they are a gift from God himself that gives us a environment to learn and be nurtured with love and kindness and ultimately a relationship that will last throughout eternity.

Kelly answered…

Families are so important to us because they are the center to our religion. This gospel blesses families. We believe that our Father in Heaven want us to be together forever here on Earth and in the life after death. I recently lost my Grandma a few months ago and truly believe that she is in a better place smiling down upon me right now. Because I have this faith, knowing that she is happy and with our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, I am comforted and feel the love that our Savior has for me. While on this Earth we can develop our faith in Christ through love in our families. I'm grateful for my family and everything that they do for me.

dave answered…

The family is the basic unit, we get sealed together as families. It is thru our family that we are united as one through eternity. Family is the eternal unit

Ryan J. R. answered…

My family is so important to me, because of the many times they helped me and showed me unconditional love. It is a taste of Heaven. Family is important because without it God's plan for all of us as his children is slowed. I know that the family is the best place for people to begin to understand our relationship to our Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ. I started life as a son of a father and a mother and someday I will be a father. Through these relationships, I have begun to see the great love that God and Jesus have for me.

Chuck answered…

We believe that we are all children of our Father in Heaven and that He has sent us to this earth as part His great Plan of Happiness. Family is not only the basic unit in society, but it is also how God helps His children grow and learn in this mortal life. Through family life, we learn to develop Christlike attributes such as Love, Patience, Faith, etc. first with our family and then with our fellowmen.

In God's plan, families can be together forever. It is made possible through the Atonement of Jesus Christ and through our faith and obedience to His commandments. And that is our main purpose and goal in this life!

Domingo answered…

I cannot think of life hereafter without my family. I can never think of being separated for eternities with those whom i have love in this mortal life.

Whitney answered…

To sum it all up, family is so imporant because it is all we have in this life, and eternally. Everything else can be gone in a second. Family is the base of my life. My family supports and encourages me. They make me happy, comfort me, and love me unconditionally. I cannot find that in anyone or anything else.

Eric answered…

As a Mormon I believe that society is based on the fundamentals of a family. Individuals join to become families and families join geographically to become a community and society. If the family that a society is built upon fails then a society is weakened and when our society becomes weak we begin to lose freedoms, including freedom to worship, and pray and attend meetings all of which bring us more happiness. Families therefore = Happiness.

JennaMarie. answered…

Families are essential to Heavenly Father's plan for our happiness. He is our eternal father, and he wants us to have the same happiness he has, because of his eternal family, so as we grow our family, and live worthy to receive his blessings, we can have eternal happy families as he does. Families are important to ensure our happiness as each member of the family works together to ensure each others' needs are met and to make each other happy. 

Jeanette answered…

We believe that families are the center of God's plan for us. We believe that families can be together not just in this life but for eternity. In the temple families can be sealed together for time and all eternity. Because of this the bonds that we make with our family here on earth are the foundation for our eternal happiness.
While family relationships are not always perfect, or easy when we work toward strengthening those relationships and loving each other unconditionally it makes our lives so much better.

Patty answered…

I can think of 4 reasons why the family is important.

First, its a copy of the way heaven is organized. God is our father. We lived with him, as part of his family, before we came to earth.

Second, families are important to children. They allow children to live with the 2 people they are most like physically. A marriage at the creation of a new family, is a commitment that increases the chances that this new little unit will be stable and permanent. It is in the give and take of families that children have the best chance of learning to be kind, loving and happy, to be provide for themselves as adults, and to be future spouses and parents.

Third, families are important to adults. The process of learning to love and serve each other in the intimacy of the family is the best practice we have in learning to be more like Christ. And as both spouses grow in this ability, they are able to have greater and greater happiness and companionship.

Which brings us back, full circle, to the fourth reason. Families are the way heaven is organized. We can maintain our relationships with our parents, our siblings, our spouses, and our children throughout eternity. Our families can be eternal blessings.

Marci answered…

Families are central to our Heavenly Father's plan of happiness. Although family life can be challenging, it also offers us the greatest chance of happiness in this life and the next. In families we learn to care about others more than ourselves, to serve and love more deeply than in any other relationship. As a Mormon, I believe that family bonds don't end with this life. I believe that I can live with my family forever.

Kristie answered…

I know that God is also my Father in Heaven. I am his daughter and he loves me. Being a mother gives me a tiny glipse of how Heavenly Father feels about me. I know families can last forever, so I am doing everything I can to strengthen and help my family draw closer to the Lord.

Bree Madsen answered…

Families are so important to us because we believe that we will be with our families forever, not only for this life but for eternity. I know I would not be where I am today if it was not for my family. They have given me lots of council and advise to pull me through the hard times in life. I know that I can always count on my family being there for me whenever I need them. Our friends will constantly be changing but our family will never change they will always be there for us.

Susi. answered…

We believe that families are the basic unit of society. With so much confusion out there, I find comfort in knowing that I am helping to create a strong base for my daughter and future children to come back home to when they are out in the world and the world is telling them so many different things about what it right and wrong. I believe after we die, we can all be together again. It doesn't just end at death.

Zach answered…

The plan of salvation involves eternity. What would be the point of living forever if your loved ones weren't with you?

Eric answered…

We are all children of God, our father in heaven

Tristan answered…

Because we know that families can be together forever! So, we need to strive to have a happy family so that we can all live together in the presence of our Heavenly Father.

Elizabeth. answered…

Families have been around literally forever, and as a mormon we understand that we can be together with our family for time and all eternity. We understand that when we leave this life we won't be able to take anything with us, but we do have the oppertunity to stay with our family forever. When I think about my family, they are people that even when I screw up or make poor decisions still love me, just the way Heavenly Father and Jesus do. When you share a love like that with some one, whether it is your spouse, your children, brothers and sisters, or maybe extended family, you want to keep it and them forever, and we know that Heavenly Father first blesses us and answers our prayers through our family members, because we love and trust them. We refer to God as our Heavenly FATHER, and to Jesus Christ as our Brother, and that is because we know that concept of a family is not new.

Zachary answered…

Because families are forever and I holestly believe that. I am always going to be my parents son and my brothers and sisters brother. And I believe that everyone is related.

Diana Cochran answered…

Family is truely our greatest blessing. They bring us joy, heartache, meaning and love. We will always be apart of a family, whether here on earth or after we die. Having a family gives us meaning, purpose and blessings. We are blessed with children, whether born to us or adopted. We were chosen by our Father in Heaven to helps them learn and grow. We are born into families that may not be perfect or far from it but the experiences we have with them are meant to help us learn.

Matt answered…

The family is the unit in which we can build relationships with our children and show love to our Wives and Children, furthermore we can show respect, honour, kindness, acts of service, perform skills, receive an education.

We can learn in the home to build a fountain of knowledge both spiritual and temporal. This knowledge will be one that will help us in our future families.

We can also learn to love one another in the home. We learn to respect our family members through being curtious and obedient to our parents.

Church members are encouraged to hold a Family Home Evening, each monday night, if possible. This FHE should consist of Church songs, a spiritaul message, an opening and closing prayer, plus some fun. This programme enables the family within each home to spend some time together, plus much more...

Sister.Fakatou answered…

We came to this world by families, without families we cannot learn and grow in this life. families is where we share and get answers to our indivitual experiences in life.

Without my family I don't think I can be able to live on my own without their help.

One thing that i am still grateful for who I am now is that the love of our Heavenly Father, parents, and also my brothers and sisters. We are also grateful for the blessings we have and also the love of God that through communicating with Him helps my family still uniting, and I am blessed and grateful for that.

Nicole answered…

A family is where you grow and learn. The home is the foundation to your learning. In families we get to learn service, how to love, how to teach. We get to practice these essential life lessons with the people who are most important to us. When we learn these principles within a family we are better able to build a better society.

Scott answered…

We are all children of a loving Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother. To learn and grow, to become like them, we have been provided with an opportunity to create families of our own.
We learn about love and service through our family. We learn about responsibility. We learn how to be kind and giving. We can have great in our spouses and children.
Our family can be eternal. Through the holy temple, we can be bound to our family through time and all eternity. We can live with them forever. we can be reunited when we part this world.

Josh answered…

The family is the best support system that we have out there. We learn from our parents what to do and what not to do. We also learn how to love and care for one another. We learn how to come closer to Christ and his teachings. We help each other when there is no one else. There is so much happiness in a family that will be there through thick and thin. One of Gods greatest gift to us is the family.

Cameron answered…

Because we believe that families are not only for this life but our family relationships can continue into the next life.
for more about the family and to see why its so important, follow the link

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Mitchell answered…

The family is the basic unit of society. The solution to society's problems can be solved in the family. I'm so grateful that I had parents who taught me the teachings and principles of Jesus Christ at a young age. I look forward to being able to teach my own children those same principles.

Steve answered…

There are not many things in the world that provide a constant source of support, strength, and joy, during changing and turbulent times, but the family can. Given that we are all part of God's family, we can receive hope and peace from our relationship with Him as our Father. It makes sense that while we are here on earth that God would provide us with a similar source of strength as we live through this mortal experience in preparation for eventually returning home to Our Heavenly Father.

Families provide us with opportunities to learn, to grow, to serve, and to become the people God wants us to be. There are times when family relationships result in struggles, but they can also bring happiness, joy, strength and security.

Aside from being an essential foundation to society (in terms of developing responsible citizens) families are an anchor to help us weather the storms of life, allowing us to more fully enjoy the blessings that can be found in a unified, loving home.

Jon answered…

A strong conviction in Christ gives you a eternal perspective. And when you realize that after we pass on from this life we will leave all of the stuff we have accumulated and the only thing we take with us are our relationships and the things we learned, the love of family becomes so important.

And if you believe that we will spend forever together you will want to strengthen those family ties.

Tanner answered…

Pretty simple. Family organization is divine.

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Mark answered…

Family in this life is a model of life in the hereafter. God is literally our Father and He has created this earth so that we can experience trials and tests that can be had in no other way. And during this test, if we find someone to journey with we may create a relationship that parallels His relationship with us and our own future relationships with each other after this life is done. In a sense this life is all about family. 

Rudi answered…

Our Heavenly Father loves us so much that He wants us to have everything He has. In order to have the best chance of doing that, He put us together in families, which is an eternal unit. By living in families, we learn to support one another, resolve conflicts, sacrifice for one another, and obey commandments. Children learn to honor parents, who love and teach them correct principles in an atmosphere of love and trust. When sealed in the Temple, families may endure beyond mortal life, being eternal units. I look forward to spending eternity with my wife and children.

John answered…

People always say "You can't take it with you." Well, while that's true for every material possession, it is not true for our family relationships. So much of the Christian worlds is familiar with the scripture in Matthew 16:19 where the Savior gave Peter the keys of the kingdom to bind on earth so that it will also be bound in heaven, but what was it Peter had the authority to bind?

Families! Husbands and wives to each other, and children to parents.

All the love, sacrifice, time and personal investment we spend throughout our lives in our families, will be able to continue after we die. What a great blessing to know that I can continue to enjoy the companionship of the wife, whom I love and to whom I've given myself and my life; the relationship with my children, for whom I've sacrificed; and the relationships with parents, grandparents, etc. whom I love, honor and respect.

Members of our church are uniquely focused on the family because we feel that we're making an investment in something--the one thing--that can truly last forever.

Ashley answered…

The family is a divine structure that was set forth by God. The family unit is where we experience the most joy in life, and where we learn to love and trust. We believe that we can be with our families forever.

Ben answered…

We can choose to raise children up with the knowledge of the true and living gospel to assist them and all of God's children in learning what God wants to each experience in this life to bring back with us to return to live with Him someday. God is giving us an opportunity to become more like Him and one of the most powerful ways we can come closer to Him individually is to learn and grow from oneanother and feel the joy and the sorrow that comes with dealing with caring for and being a part of a family unit on Earth.

Debbie answered…

Our families provide a strength for each other. Every member can teach others. We learn to serve each other, sacrifice for each other, take care of each other and even learn to get along despite our differences. We learn to love others and become better people to others. Our families are our safe house from the storms life gives us.

If our families are strong, then we can build a strong nation, and a peaceful world.

Chad Powell answered…

Because it is the center of God's Plan for happiness.

Bret answered…

What else are we taking to the next life? The relationships we make here.

Jordan Judkins answered…

Family is a lot of what the gospel of Jesus Christ is based around and established on. We believe that we can be together forever as families. We come to this earth to learn and gain experiance and one of those ways is through families. Families in the church spend one night a week to learn more about the gospel and to just spend time together. When I have spent time with my family I learn from them about how I can be a better brother and friend. We should be able to always turn to our mom and dad and our brothers and sisters when no one else is around. As we grow up in families it helps prepare us for the day when we will have our own families.

Janet answered…

Because we know that life continues beyond death and we want to share the love we share with our loved ones now-forever.

David answered…

Families are so important to us because they can last forever. Death is only the step into the next life, and family relationships can continue afterwards, for all eternity. We go to the temple because there we are married not "until death do ye part" but "for time and all eternity." I know that as I live the Gospel of Jesus Christ, including honoring the promises I made when I was baptized and those I later made in the temple, I will not be separated from my parents or brothers after we have all passed beyond the grave. Families become stronger as we realize that we'll always be together, and the problems we seem to have are dwarfed by the vastness of being eternally united. There are very few things we take with us after this life. But in our faith, our family relationships ARE taken with us. We strive every day to make them as happy as we can so that we can enjoy them forever.

Alan answered…

This Church teaches that marriage is ordained of God and that the family is central to our Heavenly Father's plan for the eternal happiness of His children. In a world of shifting values, this Church provides an anchor to what is true, securing us to God despite the social turbulence and wickedness we see so much around us. It teaches that some of the greatest joys in life are experienced in happy family relationships and that these ties can continue forever, not just until death. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for us to return to the presence of God with our families to be united eternally.
I am so grateful to have been blessed with the privilege and honor of being sealed to my sweetheart Gaylene in the House of the Lord, the Holy Temple--for time and all eternity, meaning that if we continue faithful to our covenants we can be together forever with our children and loved ones.
Praise be to God, and His Beloved Son our Savior Jesus Christ, for the opportunity to enjoy family life on earth and--relying on His tender mercies--also look forward with faith to an even brighter hope of eternal life with those we cherish most!

Geoff answered…

Because they are important to God. He created the concept of "the family" and put us in families for a reason. If we are obedient to the commandments that He gives us and we are sealed in the temple, we can live with our Father in Heaven as families after this life.

Jennifer Lynnette answered…

Family is the basic unit of eternity. Humans are social people, and being in a family meets that need. God designed us that way. We will always be happiest when we are part of a healthy family. Children are raised best in a family atmosphere of love and security.

Lauren answered…

The family is the central unit of organization of life on the earth. Besides a unit of organization, the family is the most important part of the God's Plan of Happiness, or Plan of Salvation, for His children on Earth because the family embodies LOVE: love between a husband and wife, and love between parents and their children. Our families are here to to teach us correct principles, to support us through any trial that we go through, and to help us grow physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Our Heavenly Father assigned earthly parents as His representatives and has entrusted them with the responsibility to care for His children while we are here on Earth because He loves us; the dynamics of our own family help us to understand that love that God has for us. As we learn to live in harmony with gospel teachings as a family, that bond is strengthened and we can grow together in truth and love.

Kristi answered…

For me I know my family helps and strengthens me in ways that no one else could. As I lay in the hospital for months my Mom was by my side nearly every waking moment. My Father and younger brother were there often as were so many other family members. I drew from their strength and leaned on them heavily for support and comfort. My Mother had to help her 17 year old daughter shower, learn to crawl, learn to dress, learn to feed herself etc... I cannot imagine how hard that was for her, yet I never saw her cry. She was so strong for me and I know now she was relying wholy on our Savior to hold her up.
My father was in the Stake presidency when my accident happened and he tooka lot of time away from his business and his important calling to be with me at a hospital 3 hours from our home. He lifted me spiritually and literally. He pushed me to work hard and to do the things the Dr's said I couldn't do. He seems to have a view of the "big picture" in life that helps him to see what others can't. My Dad is one of my greatest hero's.
My younger brother is the reason I decided to live. I knew I needed to be here for him. I couldn't imagine the pain my not living might cause him and so even though I knew it meant pain and hard times I chose to live.
I married an incredible man who truly embodies all the best aspects of my Father, younger brother, and Mom. I cannot imagine life without him and our precious children. My family is my greatest source of happiness!

Mark answered…

Family is the laboratory of life. The greatest lessons and learning, as well as challenges and opportunities, come through family living. Through obedienceto God's commandments and by participating in sacred ordinances, where we make covenants or promises with God, families can progress and dwell together eternally.

Clyde. answered…

 We believe that families can be together forever. That is one thing that we always hope to achieve after this life. I do not want to be apart from my family after i die. Without my family, life would be miserable to me. Its like living in hell. That is why it is important. We have to work on our own salvation, but we have to work, as families, to attain exaltation, which means that we can be with our families eternally. 

Apryll answered…

Family is the fundamental unit of society, created by God, and, in my opinion, the best way for a person to become close to God is by living in harmony within a family unit. We learn to give, share, empathize, help and lift others within a family. A family bond is stronger than any other, and true love-charity- can be experienced by drawing closer to family members and helping one another along this path called life.

Mark answered…

Because we believe that family is central to gods plan. those relationships with our family are meant to last forever and not just until we pass from this life.

Greg answered…

Families are central to God's plan, which provides a way for family relationships to extend beyond the grave. Sacred temple ordinances and covenants, faithfully kept, help us return to the presence of God, united eternally with our families.

Chris answered…

Families are the foundations of our religion. Without families our religion would have no purpose. The answer put simply is that families can be together forever in Heaven after death and we can all potentially live with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ with our families we have. Without our families we cannot receive the fulness of happiness.