Family Life:
Family life is the progenitor of true morality, the ancestor of the consciousness of loyalty to duty. The Urantia Book 84:7.30
Let Them Grow:
When children have their ideals, do not dislodge them; let them grow. The Urantia Book 48:6.32
The Value Of Family:
Almost everything of lasting value in civilization has its roots in the family.
The Urantia Book 68:2.8
The Family Of God:
The brotherhood of men is founded on the fatherhood of God. The family of God is derived from the love of God — God is love. God the Father divinely loves his children, all of them.
The Urantia Book 131:4.1
The Value Of Family:
Almost everything of lasting value in civilization has its roots in the family.
The Urantia Book 68:2.8
A Cosmic Family:
Your planet is a member of an enormous cosmos; you belong to a well-nigh infinite family of worlds, but your sphere is just as precisely administered and just as lovingly fostered as if it were the only inhabited world in all existence. The Urantia Book 15:14.9
Generations:
The family is the channel through which the river of culture and knowledge flows from one generation to another. The Urantia Book 84:0.2
The Master Civilizer:
While religious, social, and educational institutions are all essential to the survival of cultural civilization, the family is the master civilizer. The Urantia Book 82:0.2
Civilization’s Hope:
…self-gratifications have indeed cost a fatal price if they bring about the collapse of marriage, the decadence of family life, and the destruction of the home — man’s supreme evolutionary acquirement and civilization’s only hope of survival. The Urantia Book 84:8.6
Children:
Marriage, with children and consequent family life, is stimulative of the highest potentials in human nature… The Urantia Book 84:7.28
A True Father’s Love:
“Remember… a good and true father not only loves his family as a whole—as a family—but he also truly loves and affectionately cares for each individual member.” Jesus, The Urantia Book 142:2.2
God’s Family:
God loves each individual as an individual child in the heavenly family. The Urantia Book 12:7.8
Man’s Greatest Achievement:
The family is man’s greatest purely human achievement … The Urantia Book 84:6.8
Children’s Faith:
Children are naturally trustful, and parents should see to it that they do not lose that simple faith. The Urantia Book 140:5.15
Family Lessons:
The family is the fundamental unit of fraternity in which parents and children learn those lessons of patience, altruism, tolerance, and forbearance which are so essential to the realization of brotherhood among all men. The Urantia Book 84:7.28
Dealing With Children:
In dealing with children, avoid all deception and refrain from suggesting suspicion. Wisely help them to choose their heroes and select their lifework. The Urantia Book 140:5.14