FC Continued from Previous Post

3. The spouses have a grave obligation to educate their children.
  a. Parents should teach by word, but even more importantly, by example.
  b. They should prepare the children for love, not neglecting education in sexuality, i.e., in discipline and self-control according to Christian values.
  c. Parents teach by virtue of the sacrament of Matrimony.
  d. Parents have a grave obligation to ensure the Christian formation of their children. They should teach the children prayer, assist them to grow in holiness, and enable them to receive the sacraments at the proper times. They should teach the Christian truths by example and help their children exercise the Christian virtues.
  e. Church, state, and other Christian families should assist the family in its role of education.
  f. Those families which do not have children witness to their fruitful love by reaching out to others.
D. The third division of Part III considers the role of the family in participating in society.
 1. The family serves society by giving society new members.
 2. The family also serves society by reaffirming the dignity of each and every human being.
  a. The family does this within itself when all members give themselves in love to all the other members.
  b. The family also does this by extending hospitality to all other human beings.
 3. Families should engage in political activity in order that the government would support and defend family life.
 4. The state has obligations to the family.
  a. The government should not appropriate familial tasks to itself.
  b. The state should assist families in shouldering their responsibilities.
 5. Article forty-six has the charter of the rights of the family.
 6. Christian families, in the exercise of Christ's kingly office, have a very special obligation to participate in the development of society.
  a. Christian families will offer a very special witness to human dignity by cultivating a preference for the poor, the hungry, and those without a family.
  b. Some issues need to be solved on a worldwide basis. Christian families will unite with other Christian families around the globe in defense of human dignity.
  c. Christian families will give witness to human dignity primarily through education.