Helping and Healing Our Families: Principles and Practices Inspired by
"The Family: A Proclamation to the World"
Table of Contents
SECTION I: The Creator’s Plan for the Eternal Destiny of His Children
Chapter 1: A Perfect Brightness of Hope
Chapter 2: Strengthening the Family
Chapter 3: The Relational Nature of Eternal Identity
Chapter 4: The State of Latter-day Saint Families at the Dawn of the 21st Century
SECTION II: Marriage is Ordained of God
Chapter 5: Moving Towards a Marriage Relationship
Chapter 6: The Marriage Covenant
Chapter 7: Keeping a Marriage Strong
Chapter 8: Financial Stewardships and Relationships
Chapter 9: Intimacy in Marriage
Chapter 10: Transitions in Marriage and Family Life
Chapter 11: Rising Above Negative Role Models
Chapter 12: When Marriages are Threatened by Addiction
Chapter 13: The Destructive Influence of Pornography on Marriage
Chapter 14: Healing Wounds of Infidelity
SECTION III: Parents Have a Sacred Duty
Chapter 15: Children are An Heritage of the Lord
Chapter 16: Strengthening Each Family Member
Chapter 17: Rearing Children in Love and Righteousness
Chapter 18: Building Spiritual Patterns
Chapter 19: Faithful Fathering
Chapter 23: Caring for Children with Special Needs
Chapter 24: Teaching Modesty and Chastity
Chapter 25: Media and Violence
Chapter 26: When Children Choose a Different Path
SECTION IV: The Family is Ordained of God
Chapter 27: Magnifying the Sanctity of the Home
Chapter 28: Faithful Family Processes
Chapter 29: Nurturing Private Religiosity
Chapter 30: Faith and Families
Chapter 31: Families and Communities
Chapter 32: Chronic Illness, Death and Grieving
Chapter 33: Mental Illness in the family
Chapter 34: Same Sex Attraction
Chapter 35: Abuse in the Family
SECTION V: Maintain and Strengthen the Family
Chapter 36: Grandparenting and Extended Family Support
Chapter 37: Building Bridges Between the Nuclear and Extended Families
Chapter 38: Family Organizations and Family History