Did This New Research Validate the Latter-day Saint (LDS) Belief of Eternal Families? E0022

Did This New Research Validate the Latter-day Saint (LDS) Belief of Eternal Families? E0022

What is the ideal family? How can we shoot for the ideal while leaving room for those who can’t meet it?

Jenet Erickson is a BYU professor and researcher. She discusses the unique roles mothers and fathers play in shaping their children’s lives and explains how these eternal roles stem from something deeper than tradition.

We also talk about the effects of fragmented families and what we can do to create stronger, more connected homes.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:55 - 'No One Expected it!' | 75-Year Harvard Study Reveals "Family Relationships Means Everything."
02:02 - Jenet's Background, Nursing ESL, UN Conference was the Catalyst For Her Career
05:32 - "We Belong to One Another."
12:14 - “My love was pathetic and false before I was a mother.”
13:38 - “The controversy of bringing up ‘marriage is between a man and woman’”
14:44 - "Our Crisis Right Now, A drop in the marriage rate of over 60%." 1/3 of young adults may not ever marry.
18:56 Liberal writer admitting in book that children thrive most in two-parent household
27:53 Assumptions we make about the ideal Family
34:06 Jenet getting married later in life at the age of 34
43:32 - What happens if we destroy the ideal?
46:58 - "What if someone is adopted?"
48:53 - The impact of dads in the development of their children
54:50 “A father’s closeness with her daughter sets her reproductive trajectory”
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[angelrusson]

As a single adult, I find joy and meaning in being a teacher, but I long for a family of my own!!

[ermkayyy]

I took a class with Jenet Erickson at BYU and it was the best class I’ve ever taken. Not only did I learn so much, but she knew each student by name and even asked me about my family and remembered personal details. She is such an incredible woman and I love what she has to share!

[WARDRADIO]

The best podcast at scripture central right here.

[BlaineHeggie]

This interview needs to be broadcast in General Conference!

[salemthorup]

I'm pregnant with baby #7 and i have struggles with my heart, but i definitely feel this baby in me help me. When my heart rate goes down, the baby will move more and get my heart rate up again.

[aussie]

This was an extraordinary interview . I'm almost 76 and male with 4 adult children and my wife passed away 6 years ago. Had a absolutely wonderful marriage met at 15 stayed married for 54 years. I have been thinking lately about my wife and her relationship to my children and why do women want to have children! I'm glad most do ! But I noticed their love for their mother was and still is different from me. Thanks Professor MUM !

[shireecox]

And as a child of divorce, it’s so absolutely heartbreaking. It was hard but I knew I had to break the chain of divorce.

[douglasminer]

I listened and was struck with the observation that this discussion was an example of what a leader (I'm not sure who now) said that BYU community should master the language of Faith and Scholarship. The two were superbly interwoven.

[dolphinshooter]

I am the product of a divorce. I was only 2. Growing up, I saw other families intact and it didn't compute to my situation. Looking back I know why I never felt short changed. It's because I never was. My mom and my family were taken in by friends, neighbors, church members, and other family members. I feel like I had a thousand family members throughout my entire childhood. It was normal to me. Today, both of my children are adopted. I've never felt they were anyone else's kids but mi e and my wife's. Being sealed to them, they truly ARE my kids. Love is the glue which binds. It doesn't always need to be traditional but I see the benefit as a best case scenario. Today I know how to be a Dad thanks to my grandpa, uncles, neighbor, and a friend of my moms. God will provide if you let him. I need to add that I have been married to the one person I will never stray from. 36 years next month and going stronger every day. .

[aaronchamberlain]

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[Simplehomeschoollife]

Listening to her is always so powerful. She has a way of explaining these biological and spiritual truths in such a tender manner that make sense.

[brucebooth]

I was on a business trip and was asked by a single colleage in a joking/serious way to give him three reasons why I was married... in the short 30 minute car ride I really couldn't articulate what this converseation is masterfully laying out as why it's so important.

[adamb]

There is an ideal but part of the ideal includes the redeemer.

That hit hard.

[shibainferno]

This sister’s gift is so strong I’m pretty sure I have a cold now because I repeatedly wept tears of joy just listening to her prophesy

[nancylowe]

Not only would the whole earth be wasted at His coming; This Earth was created for us, begotten human beings of Heavenly Parents, so that we could walk this path that we are on, whatever that path may be. This was so goooodddd!!! Thankyou!

[tl]

It is Brave these days to stand for family and having children.

[MateiFM]

Great discussion! The reality of the benefits of marriage to NOT just children, but also spouses has been diminished and mocked for far too long.

[vanesaradayoung]

She was my professor at BYU, She's amazing!

[LDaw_]

This was just the most incredible discussion. I wish I had heard it 30 years ago. I want my whole family to listen.