Reflection

• What were your initial thoughts and feelings about the subject? 
• My initial thoughts about this is how relevant it is in our day that we are tempted and easily addiction to many things. Some popular ones would be technology, in many forms, pornography, video games, social media, etc... another would be substance abuse, drugs (prescribed or not) and alcohol. 
• How has your thinking and feeling changed over the last few weeks as you have worked on the topic?
• My thoughts have turned more to the atonement and how it can fully help the family as much as the the member of the family who is facing addiction. 
• Now that you have been creating a project based on this topic, do you feel that your site could help build faith in someone who is dealing with the topic or issue? Why or why not?
  • And if the above question was "not", what can you do to make changes to it as needed to make sure that it is a site that will build faith? 
  • I do think that our site can help but I also wish we had more pictures of Christ, that is what I find important but in this case we are trying to encompass everyone, I know that it isn't just to members but to me it is through the church that we learn about the redemption of the Atonement that we can be forgiven. 
• (This is a repeated question from Journal 3, but I want you to look at it with new eyes, based on what you have been learning) Whether you have or haven't dealt with this issue before, if it effected you or a close family member, how would you begin to go about living life with the challenge? Where would you go to find resources for help? How might you look for spiritual help and guidance? 
• I think going to find resources I would go to the internet and specifically the church's website about addiction and then probably go through the step by step program. I think most people try to find out all they can do on their own before asking for help. I think I would pray and read scriptures and maybe ask a leader I trust. Then move onto the bishop and the further resources and advice he would give. 
• Finally, share any other thoughts about this experience so far that might help you if you find that you need to counsel someone in the future about the trials and struggles of the human condition.
• I think it is important to know you are not alone others are struggling even as you. I think it would even be beneficial to have a part of our website that you could talk to someone like you on it. They can be struggling as well. It would be like an online chat group like an AA meeting for addiction. 

Entitlement of the Family Unit

• Look up the word "entitled" and copy and paste the definition. According to the Proclamation children are entitled to two things: (1) birth within the bonds of matrimony; and (2) to be reared by parents who honor their marital vows. What are some reasons that you think Heavenly Father entitles His children to those two things?
• Entitled: believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment
• Some of the reasons I believe our father in heaven wants us to inherently deserve birth within the bonds of matrimony and  to be reared by parents who honor their marital vows because that is what will benefit the child. God has intended for families to be that way since the begging. 

• Why does the Proclamation say that happiness is "most likely" to be achieved instead of "guaranteed" to be achieved? 
• This question reminds me of the scripture found in Mosiah chapter 3 verse 4 which reads, "For the Lord hath heard thy prayers, and hath judged of thy righteousness, and hath sent me to declare unto thee that thou mayest rejoice; and that thou mayest declare unto thy people, that they may also be filled with joy." We are judged based on our righteousness and our choices we can achieve happiness but it can not be guaranteed and sometimes we can be doing everything right and still need to be taught other lessons which require 

• There are nine things that the Proclamation outlines to establish and maintain successful marriages and families. Communication is not mentioned! Why do you think that is the case? 
• If you are truly maintaining the nine things in your marriage it would most likely require that communication. 
• Pick three of the nine and explain why you believe they will help your marriage and your family?
• Faith and Prayer will be the first two I talk about, with faith and prayer you are making God apart of your family and marriage. then the other one I liked was forgiveness, if you are easily forgiving your family members and spouse then you will be happier you can have the 

• Fathers have the "three Ps," provide, preside, and protect. Clearly a father should protect his family physically, but in what ways can he protect his family spiritually?
• By making sure that satan can not enter the home protecting them from his influence and such. 

• How would you describe a mother who nurtures her children? What would that look like?
• I think teaching them the gospel as well as the things of the world. It also is would help if she nurtured them physically by feeding them healthy food and teaching them how to make food as well. 

Parenting and Love

How does "parents loving each other" help them love and care for their children? 

If there is love in the home to start then the children will be loved even more, I cannot know this for sure because I do not have children of my own, but I imagine that the love you have for your spouse is more than you could ever love anyone else until you have children. Then suddenly this love you had for this other person helps you create life in which you are then connected to the child in such a spiritual way that you couldn't understand without experiencing it. You have an immense bond and love for them and that stems from the love parents have for one another.

Please notice that parents are not going to be held accountable for how their children turned out, but on whether or not the parents "discharged" those duties. Why is that an important principle to understand? 

I think this is so very important because children still have their agency. I think it can be easy for parents to blame themselves when a child is not being righteous or well behaved. One thing that I have thought about when it comes to this is that even the greatest father had 1/3 of his children use their agency to rebel (when the third of the hosts of heaven followed Satan). Now what we must remember is to teach our children the basic principles of this life and how they can better our life, giving them encouragement to live their life righteously. 
Provide for their physical and spiritual needs.
Teach them to love and serve one another;


Pick two of the five and clearly explain how you will do that in your marriage and family.

• I think I will do this in such a way as to not be afraid to be a working mother. I also think that I need to earn a degree on the off chance that I need to be the provider for the family physically. My mother was asked to be the main provider for the second half of my life and I am so thankful for that but on top of everything there is a huge benefit in the idea that mothers can work and be an amazing mom at the same time. 
• This is something I want to teach my children from a young age and I think it will simply be by having them preform an act of service every day, some days it may be holding open a door but other days they may choose to do something a little “grander”. Because they choose to. I think it will be apart of their "job chart" and they don't need to tell me what they are each week but at the end of each week they will tell me their favorite way in which they showed someone that Christlike love through service. 

Addiction in the Media

 I enjoyed creating this piece I think that it is a beneficial ad to show that it would capture someone's eye because of the simplicity yet intriguing words. I also wanted to use a photo that was non bias. You can see that it is most likely a woman's hand at the laptop. Stating that women can be addicted too. Now you can take that to the next level and say well, she might be shopping because she has a wallet next to her, or you can recognize the fact that she could possibly also have a pornography addiction because that doesn't just affect men it affects both men and women. I wanted to be able to show that Addiction is real and can be helped if we search for that helping hand. The main thing I learned was that with one photo and a few words I can make a powerful impact. I know if I saw this it would catch my eye. Yes I might need to change the color so it is more catching to the eye but I already spent a lot of time and the gold yellow looked best with the colors in the wood.