God designed it so that children should feel totally accepted in their own home, just as we are totally accepted by him. Mothers, in fact, have the privilege of instilling in children a deep experience of God by modeling his unconditional love and acceptance.

Learn to appreciate God's handiwork in each of your children. When children feel appreciated, encouraged, and affirmed in their gifts, they become encouragers themselves, sources of life and hope in an often discouraging world.

Read more about this in The Mission of Motherhood.