Alma 56:27 And now it came to pass in the second month of this year, there was brought unto us many provisions from the fathers of those my two thousand sons.
48 And they rehearsed unto me the words of their mothers, saying: We do not doubt our mothers knew it.
These two verses from Alma 56 highlight the importance of both fathers and mothers in the lives of the 2000 stripling warriors. Their fathers provided them with the food they needed to live, and their mothers taught them the lessons they needed to know to live well.
Granted, the ideal, nuclear family isn't possible in all cases, and each family must do the best they can, but when it is possible, it's good to have both fathers and mothers playing complementary roles that make use of their individual strengths. For most of human history, fathers were the primary breadwinners and mothers were the primary caregivers. This was the case with the 2000 stripling Sons of Helaman, and that seemed to have worked out fairly well for them.
The world can say what it wants about families, gender roles, and parenthood, but in my mind, both fathers and mothers are important parts of a stable, successful family.
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