Regardless of religious affiliation, a father who will kneel with his wife and children will do wonders for them. The very act of getting on one's knees before a higher power becomes an acknowledgment of our need for help. To thank the Lord in the presence of one another for life, health and strength and family, carries with it a wonderfully salutary effect. Remembering the poor and the unfortunate before the Almighty has an inevitable effect upon children. It leads to unselfishness, to concern for others, to a desire to lift and bless those in distress. To pray for guidance in one's life, to offer an invocation for the blessings of heaven upon children, inevitably has a positive effect.
Gordon B. Hinckley, Speech given at the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 25, 1998
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