Children

What's at issue

Children as a heritage of the Lord; their right to be born within the bonds of matrimony and reared by a father and a mother who love each other; the dignity, protection, and spiritual potential of every child; children's wellbeing as a measure of family and societal health.

Where it appears in the Proclamation

• Paragraph 4 — God's Design for Sexual Intimacy & Having Children
• Paragraph 6 — Sacred Responsibilities & Divine Accountability
• Paragraph 7 — Marriage, Children & the Roles of Mothers and Fathers

Reading

• Eternal Gender and the Body You Were Given
• Grace and Truth: Holding a Teaching and a Person at the Same Time
• Is an Adopted Child Really Mine Forever?
• Isn't Surrogacy Just Another Form of Adoption?
• The Commandment to Multiply, and the Decisions Around It
• When a Child Questions Their Gender
• Why Does One Family Breaking Down Affect Anyone Else?
• A Young Adult Perspective on Marriage and Family
• Agency, the Body, and the Soul
• Becoming a Father Long Before You Have Children
• Children, and the Voices Telling You Not To
• Could Foster Care Be Part of What Christ Is Calling Me to Do?