{"id":33065,"date":"2012-06-02T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T00:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=33065"},"modified":"2021-03-07T19:35:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T01:35:11","slug":"does-a-mother-have-a-role-in-the-development-of-her-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-a-mother-have-a-role-in-the-development-of-her-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Does a mother have a role in the development of her son?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>I was wondering if a mother has a role in the sexual development of her son like the father.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>What the Bible indicates is that mothers are important to moral standards that a child grows up to accept. &#8220;<em>Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control<\/em>&#8221; (I Timothy 2:15). A woman influences her children&#8217;s faith, love, holiness, and self-control. Interestingly, some studies have found that mothers are important for a child&#8217;s emotional and mental well-being. Children with absent or less involved mothers tend to have greater behavioral problems [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billmuehlenberg.com\/2009\/05\/05\/the-importance-of-motherhood\">The Importance of Motherhood<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>However, I know of no passage that states whether a mother impacts her son&#8217;s sexual development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I was wondering if a mother has a role in the sexual development of her son like the father. Answer: What the Bible indicates is that mothers are important to moral standards that a child grows up to accept. &#8220;Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20,1028],"tags":[665,38,1311,29,107,308],"class_list":["post-33065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","category-parenting","tag-child-rearing","tag-morality","tag-mothers","tag-parenting","tag-raising-children","tag-sexuality"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35350,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-are-mothers-made-of\/","url_meta":{"origin":33065,"position":0},"title":"What Are Mothers Made Of?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. 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