If so? Then what?

That is the question that Pres. Packer said everyone should ask themselves after we learn a new concept. We have been learning this week about gender roles. First, what I can say about this is that I'm so grateful that there are gender roles and that it's divinely appointed and we have always been the gender that we are. 

In the Proclamation to the World it says "ALL HUMAN BEINGS—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose."

I like that is the Proclamation to the WORLD not just to the Church. 

Yesterday we were talking about same gender attraction and most of the time it has to do because of misinformed information of gender roles. First we have to stop labeling the person as "gay" if he likes to do art. Or if he's more creative then his other guy peers. Beginning with that can go a a long way.  

We need to teach how to helps kids know about feminine and masculine roles. It's one of these topics that I thought I would never have to learn for my future family but with how our children are being brought up in "enemy territory" then it's something that we have to know and help our children understand. Some things we came up with to encourage heterosexuality we can:

-teach the roles and promises of the priesthood to boys 

-Live the roles whether in priesthood responsibility or in the home. Be the example.

-Demonstrate a healthy marriage 

-accepting of interests, find strengths

-encourage healthy same gender friendships

-help prevent sexual abuse

-Don't label!

-LOVE them