"Many voices in the world today marginalize the importance of having children or suggest delaying or limiting children in a family. My daughters recently referred me to a blog written by a Christian mother (not of our faith) with five children. She commented: “[Growing] up in this culture, it is very hard to get a biblical perspective on motherhood. … Children rank way below college. Below world travel for sure. Below the ability to go out at night at your leisure. Below honing your body at the gym. Below any job you may have or hope to get.” She then adds: “Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them cuter than stamps. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.” ... I testify of the great blessing of children and of the happiness they will brin gus in this life and in the eternities."
(Children, NEIL L. ANDERSEN, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles)
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/10/children?lang=eng
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