Working Mothers |
Latter-day Counsel |
We urge you to do all in your power to allow your wife to remain in the home, caring
for the children while you provide for the family the best you can.
Pres. Howard W. Hunter (Gen Conf Oct 1994)
Marriage is disdained by an increasing number of couples, and many who marry choose to
forgo children or place severe limits on their number. In recent years strong economic
pressures in many nations have altered the traditional assumption of a single breadwinner
per family. Increases in the number of working mothers of young children inevitably signal
a reduced commitment of parental time to nurturing the young. The effect of these
reductions is evident in the rising numbers of abortions, divorces, child neglect, and
juvenile crime.
Elder Dallin H. Oaks (Gen Conf Oct 1993)
Working mothers and weekend fathers abdicate their parental responsibilities.
Bishop J. Richard Clarke (Gen Conf Apr 1977
Fathers and mothers, before you decide you need a second income and that mother must go
to work out of the home, may I plead with you: first go to the Lord in prayer and receive
his divine approbation. Be sure he says yes. Mothers with children and teenagers at home,
before you go out of your homes to work, please count the cost as carefully as you count
the profit. Earning a few dollars more for luxuries cloaked in the masquerade of
necessity--or a so-called opportunity for self-development of talents in the business
world, a chance to get away from the mundane responsibilities of the home these are all
satanic substitutes for clear thinking. They are counterfeit thoughts that subvert the
responsibilities of motherhood. As you count the costs of mother working out of the home,
please consider the following:
Elder H. Burke Peterson (Gen Conf Apr 1974)