FAMILIES
(See also Children; Child Training; Family Merit; Family Worship; Fathers; Grandparents; Homelife; Households; Husbands; Marriage; Mothers; Parents; Relatives; Stepfamily; Widowers; Widows; Wives; lands by name)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
abuse, physical or verbal: jd 121-123
according dignity within: w98 4/1 29-30
accountability to Jehovah: w96 9/15 20
Adam and Eve:
original prospects: w89 8/1 19-20
Africa:
custom of abducting widow: yb92 137
effect of industrialization: g86 4/8 15-17
“extended” family: w88 9/1 28-30; w87 6/15 24
health measures: g88 9/22 4-11
reluctance to limit family size: g88 9/22 4-5
alcoholism in: fy 142-147; g92 5/22 3-12
apostles: w95 10/1 14
assisting male members to reach out: w11 11/15 31
assisting members who pioneer: km 2/92 7
authority within: w19.05 6; lvs 51-52; lv 41-43; w06 4/1 19; w00 6/15 14-16; w00 8/1 5-6; kl 134-137; w94 7/1 21-22; om 14-15; w86 7/1 6; tp 136-139
avoiding misuse of power in: w86 8/15 16-18
balancing employment with family life: w25.07 5-6; g 1/10 5-6
being yielding within: w08 3/15 6-7
benefits from use of Index: w94 11/1 31; km 5/91 2
Bible examples:
Jesus’ family: ijwbq article 84; w20.10 28-30
Noah and family: w13 4/1 13-14; ia 19-20, 22; w11 3/15 25-26; km 6/08 1
Shaphan and family: w02 12/15 19-22
Bible principles: ijwbq article 51; lmd Appendix A page 28; g21.1 4-5; g19.3 8-9; w17.11 28-29; nwt 30-31; w02 2/15 6; la 5-6; w97 6/15 23-25; ba 22-24; fy 10-12, 26, 38, 50, 63, 75, 89, 102, 115, 127, 136-137, 141, 152, 162, 172, 182-188; w88 4/1 6-7; w87 2/1 4-7
Bible times:
examples for Christians: w95 9/15 20-23
superiority of Bible standards: g97 8/8 10
blessings: it-1 808-809; w00 7/15 4-5
breakdown: g 9/09 5-6, 9; g05 4/8 5-7; w04 8/15 3-4; w01 6/1 3-4; w99 1/1 3; g99 6/8 29; w98 4/1 3-5; w97 6/15 20-22; g97 2/8 28; fy 7-9; g96 1/22 28-29; g96 2/8 28; w92 10/15 3-7; g91 9/22 3-5; g90 9/8 5
Argentina: g94 12/8 29
Bolivia: g98 12/8 28
Brazil: g96 5/22 29
Britain: g01 5/8 29
China: g95 12/22 29
Italy: g04 6/22 28-29; g96 6/22 29
Japan: g 9/09 6; w97 6/15 21; w97 9/1 3; g94 12/8 28-29; g88 3/22 29-30
neglectful fathers: w99 1/1 4
since World War II: g88 9/8 3
Soviet Union: g86 1/8 29-30
broken homes:
effect on children: yp1 28-29; g90 11/8 22-24; yp 34-41; g87 10/22 21-23
helping one’s children: w86 11/1 27-31
hospitality for members: w96 10/1 14-15
youths’ feelings: g90 7/8 21-22
building up: it-2 707; w09 12/15 9; g 10/09 9; w07 4/1 6; g 8/07 3-9; jd 124-137; w05 5/15 8-9; w01 5/15 21-26; la 5-6; w98 4/1 6-8; kl 140-149; w94 7/15 15-20; w89 10/1 27-29; w86 11/1 21-25
applying law of Christ: w96 9/1 20-21
being reasonable: g 10/09 7
commendation: w19.02 17-18; lvs 165-166; lv 141; w06 1/1 18-19; fy 49-50
considerate speech: lff lesson 51; w08 1/1 10-12
consideration: w18.09 29
cultivating closeness: w12 12/1 7; km 10/90 7; g88 9/8 9-10
discernment in: w06 9/15 27-28; be 31-32; w97 3/15 14
doing things together: w93 9/1 15-20
expressing affection: w11 5/15 8; w02 12/15 26-29
following instructions: w90 10/1 30
fulfilling mutual obligations: w02 11/1 10
giving family priority: g 10/09 3
looking for good in family members: w03 6/15 19-21
minimum spiritual goal: km 4/92 4
Noah’s example: w90 4/15 13
personal interest: km 6/91 1
praising children: g 11/15 12-13; w10 1/15 20; g92 9/22 10
putting God first: w05 5/15 8-9; w91 5/15 4-7
putting spiritual things first: km 12/98 3-4; w93 9/1 10-15
recognition of members’ contributions: w94 12/1 29
repairing damage of parental absence: w14 4/15 22-23
showing wisdom in: it-2 1195
sowing bountifully: km 6/02 1; w86 6/15 19
spending time together: g17.4 7; w13 5/15 19-21; w99 5/15 3-6
strengthening bonds: yb17 162-163; w88 4/1 4-7
strengthening spirituality: km 4/02 8
care of family:
assisting a family head: w14 4/15 26
elderly or sick members: w25.03 30-31; w14 3/15 21-22, 25-29; w11 12/15 29; w10 5/15 17-19; w08 8/15 18; w06 6/1 6; g00 5/22 3-12; w99 12/1 24; w98 8/1 27-28; g98 2/8 8-11; w97 9/1 3-7; fy 116-127, 149, 173-182; w94 8/1 28-29; g94 2/8 3-10; w93 9/1 23-25; w93 9/15 16-17; g91 3/22 3-9; g91 7/8 30; w90 3/1 20-21; g90 2/8 16-17; w89 3/1 13; w88 7/15 21; w87 6/1 13-18; w87 6/15 25-27
how far responsibility extends: w87 6/15 24-27
widows: w01 5/1 5-6
charts:
70 families after Flood: it-1 329
educational program followed by Israelite parents: w88 5/1 6
marriage and divorce statistics (1983): g86 7/8 10
parental self-examination: g88 9/8 12
resolving arguments: g86 1/8 5
what parents can do; what children can do: w88 4/1 7
cleanliness and orderliness: od 133-134; g 10/11 13; w08 12/1 11-12; g05 6/8 19-22; g98 4/8 11; g98 5/22 20; fy 45-49; w89 6/1 17-18
communication: mwb25.05 11; lff lesson 51; w13 5/15 19-23; w10 6/15 22-23; w09 6/15 17-18; w97 6/15 24; fy 186; w93 9/1 14-15; w92 10/15 14-16; w91 9/1 20-22; w86 12/15 30
admitting mistakes: w09 6/15 17
between mates: g16.3 10-11; w15 1/1 12; w15 1/15 26-27; g 3/14 15; w13 5/15 14-18; g 4/13 4-5; g 12/13 12-13; w11 8/1 11-12; w10 6/15 22-23; w10 8/1 10-12; w08 3/15 9; g 7/08 5-8; w07 4/15 9-11; w06 4/15 3-7; w05 3/1 14; g05 2/8 8; w99 7/15 21-23; fy 35-38; kl 142-143; w93 8/1 6; g86 1/8 3-5, 10-11
between parents: w89 10/1 28
video Follow the Road Map to Family Peace—Improve Communication: mwb25.05 11
video Love and Respect Unite Families: lff lesson 51
with children: w23.03 24-25; w22.05 28-29; g22.1 12; g18.2 8; hf 23; w13 5/15 21-23; w13 11/1 8-10; g 1/13 4-5; yp1 290-296; w10 1/15 18-19; w10 2/15 31-32; w10 6/15 23; w08 8/1 10-12; w07 6/15 18-19; w07 9/1 25; w07 9/15 8; g 2/07 19; g 8/07 8; g 10/07 11; g05 2/8 8-9; w04 6/15 5; w01 10/1 10-11; g00 5/22 29; g97 8/8 8-9; fy 56-58; g90 1/22 16-17; g90 4/22 23; w88 5/1 5; g88 9/8 9-10; w86 8/1 28-30; w86 11/1 21-25
with parents: mwb22.01 11; ypq 9-11; g 1/13 5; g 5/12 19-21; yp1 7-13; yp 18-25; g88 10/8 20; g87 10/8 19-21; w86 11/1 16-20; g86 1/8 7; g86 7/22 21-23; g86 10/8 18-20
confidentiality within: w22.09 10-11
congregation a family: w21.06 11-13; w21.09 22-24
conversation: w05 6/1 32; w03 1/15 25; w03 9/15 13-14; g03 9/22 29; be 62; sg 79-80
cooperation: w16.03 16-17; w09 7/15 28
being on time: w90 6/15 29
family conferences: fy 176
finances: w09 8/1 10-12; w09 8/15 23; w98 4/1 7-8; fy 140-141; g89 1/22 14; g88 9/8 9-10
sharing load: fy 42-45, 105, 112, 176
spiritual things: km 3/99 4; km 10/89 7
coping with tragedies: hf 26-28
customs: w88 9/1 28-30; w87 2/1 4-6; w87 6/15 24-25
daily text discussion: km 5/05 5; w96 12/15 18; km 5/92 1
death in the family: w17.07 12-16; we 3-31; w03 1/15 12-13; w02 12/1 31; w01 4/15 22-24
how parents can cope: wp18.1 13; we 14-17, 19; yp 130-132; g89 2/22 11; g88 1/22 10-12; g88 7/8 11; g87 8/8 2-15; g87 11/22 28; g87 12/8 28
how youths can cope: g17.2 8-9; yp1 111-118; g 8/09 10-13; w08 7/1 5, 7-9; we 14-17; g03 6/22 14; yp 127-132; g87 12/8 14-15
what others can do: w22.01 16; w17.07 14-16; g17.2 9; wp16.3 6-7; w13 12/15 29; g 7/12 15; w10 5/1 8-12; w10 11/1 9-11; w08 7/1 9; we 20-25; w00 4/15 7; g00 5/22 12; yp 131; g89 2/22 11; g89 7/22 14; g88 1/22 12; g87 8/8 10-12
discussing God’s Word together: scl 112
discussion: scl 43-44; od 195-196; it-1 807-809; g18.2 4-15; bhs 145-153; bh 134-143; w11 5/15 7-15; w05 5/15 8-9; wt 151-158; fy 5-191; rq 16-17; w95 10/1 8-18; kl 140-149; w93 9/1 10-26; w92 10/15 3-18; pe 238-249
divided households: mwb25.05 13; bt 95; w21.02 12; w17.10 13-15; w16.03 16; w16.08 16-17; w14 5/1 14; w12 2/15 26-30; w10 5/15 13-14; w09 12/15 28; w05 3/1 18-20; w03 4/1 22; g99 8/8 20; w96 8/1 18-19; w96 10/15 21-22; fy 129-136; w95 6/1 26-29
child training: w17.10 14-15; w02 8/15 30-31; w98 5/15 7-9; w96 10/15 22; fy 133-134
courage in: w93 11/15 20
helping children in: jd 149-151; km 11/02 8
helping gain the unbeliever: mwb19.10 5; w17.11 28-29; w12 2/15 28-30; km 11/10 5-6; w96 8/1 18-19; w90 8/15 20-23
life story “I Won My Husband ‘Without a Word’”: lfs article 18
maintaining peace: w12 2/15 26-28; w09 10/15 8; w88 11/1 24-25
merit of believer: it-1 1131; w16.08 16
problems after marrying unbeliever: w89 11/1 20-21
rights of unbelieving mate: ed 24-25; g02 10/8 7-8
video Marriage—A Permanent Bond: lff lesson 42
video Successful Fighters for the Faith—Those With Unbelieving Mates: mwb25.05 13
youths in: g91 1/22 21-23
effect of—
accepting truth: w18.11 6
bullies in the workplace: g03 8/22 7
Christmas: g 1/09 30
drug abuse: g99 11/8 6
Internet: g 3/07 4-5
parental emigration: w14 4/15 19-21
trend for offspring to move out: g03 9/8 29
wealth: w86 6/15 10
wife’s secular career: w87 8/15 5-6
elderly members:
abuse of: g 10/12 28; g93 2/8 5, 12
care of: w25.03 30-31; ijwbq article 130; w21.01 32; w14 3/15 21-22, 25-29; w08 8/15 18; w04 5/15 15-17; w99 12/1 24; w97 9/1 3-7; fy 149, 173-182; w94 8/1 28-29; g94 2/8 3-10; w93 9/1 23-25; w93 9/15 16-17; w90 3/1 20-21; g90 2/8 16-17; w89 3/1 13; w88 7/15 21; w87 6/1 13-18; w87 6/15 25-27
forcibly hospitalized before vacation time: g86 12/8 29
grandparents: g95 7/8 3-11
hospice care: g 7/11 15-17
respect for: g93 2/8 12
value: w07 6/1 27-28
when grandparents move in: g92 7/8 18-20; g92 7/22 18-20
elders who have: w24.11 22-23; od 133; w06 5/1 19; w96 10/15 15-24; w95 10/1 14-16
entertainment: w92 10/15 18
parental role: w19.01 16-17; w14 7/15 14; w13 1/15 15; w10 4/15 22; w05 1/1 25; g98 7/22 31
television policy: w91 9/1 20; g88 5/8 21; g86 12/22 30
TV sports: g91 8/22 8-9
examples:
adolescent offspring: g 10/11 23
association together and hospitality: fy 97; w87 7/1 26-27
caring for incapacitated mother: g90 2/8 16-17
children not lost to world: w93 10/1 3-4
daily text discussion: yb87 52
draw children out while enjoying nature: w23.03 25
family organization: w95 8/15 24-26
family study method improved: yb90 243-244
field ministry together: km 5/07 4; yb95 228
financial reversal: g 1/10 30
hurricane victims: g 10/09 23
keeping spiritually strong: w06 1/1 10
large families: w99 2/15 10-12
leave distant work to live with family: yb07 93-94
letters from appreciative offspring: g 11/08 8; g99 3/8 25
mother disabled by illness: g 10/09 24
pioneer together: yb95 228; yb87 41-42
quits job for more time with children: g04 8/22 4, 6-7; yb98 127-129; w88 8/1 11
relying on Jehovah: w87 4/15 20
separated by authorities: yb02 180-185
serving where need is greater: w15 7/15 5-6; w13 1/15 3-6; w12 1/1 7; w09 4/15 20-22; w07 5/1 17-18; w02 10/1 27; w01 3/1 24-25
united in serving Jehovah: yb95 228
experiences:
12-year-old whose father left: g97 5/22 19
14-year-old sticks to truth: w91 2/1 30
17 members accept truth: yb94 43
20 members accept truth: jv 514
23 members accept truth: w86 8/1 21
29 members accept truth: w90 7/15 25-26
30 members accept truth because of faithfulness in blood case: w88 4/1 27
40 members accept truth: w09 9/15 31
80 members accept truth: jv 514
82-year-old woman and family: yb02 60
abandoned by family over truth: g96 3/22 30; g95 7/22 21-24; w90 2/15 27
abandoned by parents at birth: w98 1/1 4-5
auxiliary pioneer together: yb87 48-49
beatings endured: w92 7/15 26-27
Bible truth preserves: w03 9/15 8-9
Bible truth reunites: w02 4/15 21; w99 1/1 4-5
bitterness over children’s death overcome: w88 1/1 6
Buddhist father won over by family’s conduct: w94 1/1 27
Catholic commends Witnesses: g97 4/22 16
children accept truth despite father’s violence: yb90 51
children’s conduct improved: w99 1/1 5
contributions: yb89 31
cooperation bears fruit: w09 7/15 28
daughter has brain surgery: g90 4/22 21-24
defends being raised as a Witness: w25.01 4-5
director of family trust organization: yb10 62-63
disowned by family over spiritistic custom: w19.04 25
entire grown family accepts truth: w89 7/1 12
faithful despite threat of death: w86 8/15 27-28
family friendly with cold neighbors: w05 11/1 14
family life improved: w15 4/1 7; w12 7/1 12-13; w03 5/15 8-9; w00 11/15 7; w99 1/1 3-5; w99 4/1 5-6; g94 5/8 9-10; w93 5/1 5-6; w89 4/1 31; w86 4/1 6-7
family members who were removed from the congregation: w21.09 29; w18.03 31; w16.06 15; w13 6/15 28; w12 4/15 12; w11 2/15 31-32; w11 7/15 32; w88 4/15 26, 30; g87 8/22 13
family members won over: w14 3/15 5; w12 2/15 30; w03 7/1 7; yb03 58-59; yb00 239-241; w90 2/15 25, 27
family study bears fruit: yb91 77-78
family study despite visiting relatives: yb97 54
father continues study when missionary falls asleep: yb93 178
father’s opposition endured: ijwex article 29; yb93 63-64, 174-175
first-person account “A Tragic Saturday That Shattered My Family”: g87 2/22 28; g86 10/22 12-16
grief from death of family member overcome: lfs article 7
homelife transformed: yb01 47; w00 1/1 4; g94 5/8 9-10
hospitality of Witness family: yb96 45
husband and husband’s family respect integrity and prayer: yb99 64
husband and husband’s family won over: yb93 62
husband and relatives study: w00 12/1 8
husband’s perseverance unites: w89 4/1 31; w88 11/1 7
husband won over: lfs article 18; w19.08 14-19; yb16 126-127; w14 3/15 5; w13 3/15 31; w12 2/15 29-30; yb12 86; w10 9/1 16-17; w90 2/15 26-27; w90 8/15 20-22; w90 11/15 31; yb90 45, 64; w89 1/15 6
jealousy overcome: w90 4/15 32
leaves gold mine to care for family: w08 2/15 17
man about to kill family: w88 5/1 7
many members accept truth: yb07 57-58; yb96 45; w95 8/15 26-27; w90 5/15 22; w90 7/15 25-26; w88 4/1 27; w86 8/1 21
marriage restored: ijwcl article 27; yb12 78-79; w01 1/1 14; la 9-10; w00 11/15 6; g00 5/22 20-23; yb99 57; g98 3/8 32; fy 153, 161-162; w90 5/15 21
marriages saved: gm 172; w88 1/1 6; w88 5/1 19-20; yb88 121-123; w86 8/1 21
mates eventually respond: w12 2/15 30
Memorial observed despite family opposition: w23.01 25
mother helped to express love: ijwex article 2
nine-year-old leaves troubled homelife: ijwcl article 24; mrt article 100
opposition by family fails: yb12 68-69
opposition by mother: w21.03 20-22; w15 12/15 28-31; yb93 58-59
opposition by parents: w24.01 5-7; w05 10/15 18; w03 12/1 24-26; yb01 112; g95 9/22 19-23; yb90 51; yb89 47
opposition by relatives: lfs article 19; w22.06 14, 17-18; yb91 78; yb89 88-89; w86 7/1 11-12
opposition outlasted: yb08 242-243; yb04 50
opposition overcome: w95 8/15 27; g88 5/22 20-21
parents won over: w19.08 17-18; w98 2/1 7; w94 4/1 8
parents’ zeal for truth: yb88 240-241
peace attracts neighbor: yb90 7
persecution by family: w95 1/1 7-8
perseverance in witnessing rewarded: w89 7/15 29; w88 12/1 24
relationship with sister restored: g94 12/8 7-8
Roma (Gypsy) Witnesses provide help on family life: g 10/06 26
schoolteacher with family problems: g97 4/8 32
serving where need is greater: w90 5/1 10-13
shy son: w90 5/1 10-12
son with cerebral palsy: w90 5/1 13
truth learned separately: w89 4/1 31
widow flees to avoid forced marriage: yb92 137
wife alone remains in truth: w02 8/15 28
wife won over: w91 5/15 19
youth “divorces” parents: g87 3/22 29
extended family: g00 1/8 28; fy 7-8
unbelieving relatives: rr 74-75; w17.10 15-16; g04 8/22 30; g03 11/8 26-27
family planning: w19.12 22-24; fy 52-53; g96 10/8 12-14; g93 2/22 3-9
letters and replies: g93 9/22 30; g93 12/8 30
fear of displeasing:
changing religion: w88 6/1 3-4
field ministry: ijwfq article 60; km 8/07 1; w04 6/1 17; km 11/02 6; km 6/90 8; km 10/90 7; w89 12/1 31; km 10/87 1; km 9/86 4
cooperation: km 4/99 8
making definite plans: km 5/05 4; km 12/87 1-2
preparing together: km 11/02 6; w99 7/1 21-22
summertime: km 6/90 2
together: w93 9/1 17-19
witnessing to relatives: w20.09 11-12; w19.08 14-19; w19.12 30; w14 3/15 3-6; w12 3/15 13-14; km 6/11 1; km 12/04 8; w90 2/15 25-27
finances: g22.1 8-9; mwb22.09 7; hf 12-14; g 6/14 14-15; g 9/11 7-8; fy 140-141; g96 12/22 3-12
cooperation in dealing with: w09 8/1 10-12; w98 4/1 7-8; fy 140-141; g89 1/22 14; g88 9/8 9-10
decline in wages: mrt article 93
estate planning: g98 12/8 24-27
getting out of debt: g 9/11 6; g96 12/22 12; g90 2/8 22-23
living within family’s means: mrt article 18; g 7/10 6-9; g 6/07 6-7; w03 8/1 5; fy 39-42
video Do Not Be Misled by Imitation Peace!—Chibisa Selemani: mwb25.09 3
whether to emigrate to improve: mwb25.09 3; w14 4/15 17-21; g 5/07 10
forgiveness within: g 10/09 8
future: fy 183-191
gift from God: w01 9/15 20
“owes its name” to Jehovah (Eph 3:14, 15): it-2 464; w96 1/15 31; w96 7/15 10
godly devotion toward one’s own: it-1 971; fy 183; w90 3/1 20-22; w87 6/1 13-18; w87 6/15 25-26
happiness within: ijwbq article 51; lff lessons 49-50; g21.1 4-5; bhs 145-153; bh 134-143; hf 3-31; hl section 5; fg 18-19; w11 10/1 16-17; w09 11/1 16-17; w06 5/15 27-28; jd 89-90; w97 6/15 23-25; ba 23; fy 5-6, 9-12, 183-184; g96 10/22 11; w93 5/1 5-6; pe 238-249; w86 8/1 28-29
‘hating’ one’s own (Lu 14:26): it-1 1042; jy 196; w08 3/15 32; gt chapter 84; w89 1/1 8; w86 7/1 27; w86 8/15 30
headship within: cl 99-100; w21.02 2-13, 16-18; lvs 51, 243; w17.06 5; w15 11/15 22-23; lv 41; w10 5/15 13; w10 8/1 12-13; w09 7/15 8-9; g 1/08 28-29; g04 7/8 26-27; w02 3/15 10-11; w97 6/15 24; fy 31-34, 164-165, 185-186; g96 10/22 10-11; om 14-15
consideration of ideas and suggestions: w20.08 10; w08 3/15 7
deciding which congregation to serve with: w20.08 30
meekness in exercising: w19.02 9-10
health measures: g95 4/8 6-11; g88 9/22 4-11
holiness within: w96 8/1 17-19
honesty within: lvs 189-191; lv 162-163; yp 20-21, 212-217; w88 2/15 7; g88 9/8 9; g87 10/8 19-21
immigrants:
choosing congregation: w20.08 30-31; w17.05 10-11
raising children as Witnesses: w20.08 31; w17.05 8-12; w17.12 13; w02 10/15 22-26
importance: w98 4/1 6; w87 10/1 6-7
in Christian congregation: it-1 808
relative: w97 2/15 14-15
to Jehovah: it-1 807
including others in family life: w89 10/1 29
appreciation for Awake! articles: g90 5/22 30; g90 6/22 30
resolving conflicts: g 3/15 8-9; g90 2/22 3-11; g90 12/8 30
Jehovah’s family: w21.08 2-3, 5-7; w21.09 20-25; w14 1/15 8; wt 184-189, 191; w96 7/15 10; w92 1/15 9-10
regaining membership: w17.02 7, 12; w10 1/15 5-6; jr 181; w08 3/1 8-10
unity: lff lesson 56; w12 7/15 27-31; w96 7/15 10-20
Jehovah the originator: scl 43; it-1 807; w06 4/1 8-9
Jesus an example for: w09 7/15 7-11; w02 3/15 10-11
joy within: mwb23.07 11
kindness within: w04 4/15 18-19
large families: w99 2/15 9-12
last days: it-1 809
Law covenant: cl 135; it-1 807-808; w92 10/15 8-9
brother-in-law marriage: it-1 370-371; nwt 1694
children: it-1 435-436
land inheritance: it-1 1200; it-2 199, 652
marriage: it-2 340-343
letter writing: sg 88-90
library:
theocratic library: w94 11/1 28-31
value of, at home: km 5/88 7
life stories:
A Happy Family, Shattered and Rebuilt: lfs article 7
A Rare Christian Heritage: w93 10/1 5-9
Bringing Up Eight Children in Jehovah’s Ways Was a Challenge and a Joy: w06 1/1 8-12
Helping My Family Become Spiritually Rich: g93 10/8 19-22
I Kept My Promise: g92 8/22 20-23
I Thank Jehovah for My Five Sons: g99 3/22 20-23
Jehovah Helped Me Meet Life’s Challenges: w06 10/1 11-15
Loida’s Journey out of Silence: g01 1/8 19; g00 5/8 22-24
Our Family United at Last!: w06 8/1 11-15
Our Fight to Stay Spiritually Strong: w06 12/1 12-16
Serving Jehovah as a United Family: w96 10/1 24-28
The Family That Truly Loved Me: g96 3/22 30; g95 7/22 21-24
long-suffering within: w91 5/15 17-18
love within: w21.01 12-13; mwb21.05 13; w19.05 6; w12 7/15 30-31; w09 7/15 12-13; g 8/07 4; g 10/07 11; kp 29-30; lr 222-226; w01 1/1 14-15; w97 6/15 24-25; g97 8/8 3-4, 8-9; w96 8/1 17-18; fy 70, 74, 81, 84-85, 101-102, 119, 148-149, 186-188; w90 11/15 11; tp 172-174
expressing affection: w11 5/15 8; w02 12/15 26-29
loyalty within: w05 9/1 4-6
relationship to choosing religion: g 7/09 29
manners: w89 6/15 19-20
mealtimes: g 2/11 29; w10 1/15 19; g 1/10 13-15; g 8/07 7; g 11/06 13; w05 1/1 32; g00 10/22 29; g99 1/8 29; g99 8/22 29; w89 10/1 29
meaning of term: fy 6-7; w93 9/1 15
meetings: km 5/05 4; w99 7/1 18
cooperating: w09 7/15 28; km 11/02 6; km 3/99 4
preparing together: km 11/02 6; w00 3/15 19; w99 7/1 19-20; w99 8/15 29
mildness within: w03 4/1 21-22
moving away from home: ijwyp article 79; g 6/14 2; yp1 49-54; g 7/10 10-13; yp 56-63
moving back home: g 10/15 12-13
obligations to relatives: w23.08 28; w87 6/15 24-27
opposition from family: w25.06 23-24; scl 40, 91; w22.07 31; w21.03 21-22; lff lesson 59; w17.10 12-16; rk 28; w03 6/15 19; w95 10/1 8-11
being baptized despite: w19.03 4, 6-7
Christian response: w22.06 17-18; rr 75; w05 5/15 28-29
foretold: w91 5/15 31
video Jehovah Took Us In: lff lesson 59
patience within: ijwhf article 8; w20.08 32
patriarchal society: it-1 807; w95 9/15 20-21; w92 10/15 8
peace within: g 12/15 6-7; w07 9/1 29-30; w06 8/1 16-17; w01 9/1 11; w97 6/15 20-25; fy 128-141; w88 11/1 24-25; g86 1/8 3-9; g86 3/22 28; g86 5/22 28; g86 8/22 28
how new world will bring: w90 4/15 5-7
video Follow the Road Map to Family Peace—Improve Communication: mwb25.05 11
practical wisdom within: w16.10 20
prayers: kl 154; w87 7/15 14
preparation to answer challenges to beliefs: w23.09 18-19
preserving, into new world: w92 10/15 13-18
problems: fy 142-152; w92 10/15 4-7; w91 5/15 3-4; pe 247-249
avoiding hurtful speech during: g18.2 6; g 4/13 4-5; w06 7/1 14; w05 5/15 29-30; w97 7/15 12-13
Bible examples: jd 51-52, 128-131; w03 6/15 20; w02 2/15 16
debt: w12 11/1 18-21; g90 2/8 21-23
handling together: w93 9/1 19
in-laws: scl 73; g 3/15 8-9; hf 17; g90 2/22 3-11
jealousy: g03 11/22 25-27; w95 9/15 16-17
Jehovah helps endure: w91 10/1 12-13
strife: g 12/15 3-5
when parents fight: g89 12/8 17-19
protection against harmful influences: scl 88; w19.01 16-17; w08 10/1 21; w06 4/1 9; w05 4/1 13-19; w03 2/15 25-27; w98 7/15 3-6; fy 90-102
sexual abuse of children: ijwbq article 65; lff lesson 50; w19.05 12-13; g 2/11 32; w10 11/1 13; w08 10/1 21; g 10/07 9-11; lr 170-171; g97 4/8 14; w96 12/1 13-14; fy 61-62; g93 10/8 5-13
protection against organized crime: g97 3/8 7
providing for family: w23.12 27; cf 163-165, 167, 179-180; scl 79; w21.02 6-7; w18.08 24; w14 4/15 23-24; w12 2/15 7; w07 5/1 20-21; w05 6/15 18-23; w04 7/15 30; w97 8/15 19-20; w96 10/15 22-23; kl 145-146; w87 6/1 13-14
developing nations: g98 5/22 18-20; w96 10/1 29-31
fear of failure: w22.06 15-16
in case of death: w98 1/15 19-22; w97 8/15 19
in case of illness: w97 8/15 19
putting Jehovah first: w95 10/1 8-18
recreation: w05 1/1 25; g05 5/8 14; w04 6/15 6; fy 57-58, 97-101; g96 9/22 22-23; w94 7/15 20; w92 10/15 18; w89 10/1 29; yp 299-300; w86 8/1 28-29; g86 11/8 11-12
together: w23.03 24-25; w93 9/1 19-20
removed or disassociated family members: mwb20.12 2-3; w17.10 16; lv 208-209; w12 4/15 12; w11 7/15 30-32; km 8/02 3-4; w01 10/1 16; g92 12/22 20-22; w91 4/15 23-24; w89 9/15 24; w88 4/15 28; w88 11/15 20; g87 8/22 13
seating at meetings: w13 8/15 8
renting fake members: g92 6/22 28
respect within: g24.1 10-12
routines within: g 8/07 7
rules within: ijwyp articles 54, 85, 100; w21.02 3, 18; w19.01 17; w13 6/15 16; g 3/13 12-13; yp1 297-302; w10 11/15 3-4; yp2 181-189; w07 9/1 23-24; g 8/07 6; w00 11/15 28-29; w96 9/1 20-21
sacredness: w88 6/15 14
Satan’s attack: w92 10/15 4-5, 18
schedule: km 5/05 3-6
self-control within: w97 6/15 23-24; fy 149-150, 184; w91 11/15 17-18
single-parent families: g 11/12 2-10; g 10/09 26-27; w03 11/1 16-18; g02 10/8 3-12; w01 5/1 11-12; g00 2/8 3-11; g00 10/8 30; g00 10/22 30; fy 103-115; g95 10/8 3-9
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g03 5/22 30; g96 5/22 30
appreciation for Watchtower articles on: w94 1/1 22-23
child poverty a result: g00 2/8 7; g90 3/8 29
child training: g 11/12 9; fy 105; w94 7/15 19
coping with loneliness: fy 110-113
finances: fy 105-106; g90 12/22 16-17
happiness for children in: yp2 208-214; g90 12/22 15-17
headship: g04 7/8 27
helping children in: jd 149-151; km 11/02 8
how offspring can help: fy 112; g88 9/8 9-10; g86 1/8 7
how others can help: g 11/12 4, 6; w10 12/1 22-24; km 6/99 3; fy 113-115; w89 10/1 29
maintaining roles: g 11/12 6; fy 106-107
positive view by children: g90 7/8 22
prevalence: w98 4/1 4-5
results to mothers who divorce for “liberation”: g86 10/8 29-30
risks for children: g00 2/8 7
unwed parents: g00 2/8 5-6
when fathers leave: g04 8/22 3; g03 5/22 28; g00 2/8 4-7; g00 11/22 13-15; g00 12/22 25-27
youths’ attitudes toward: g90 7/8 20-22
spiritual family: w23.05 11; w21.09 20-25
spirituality: hf 29-31; w09 12/15 9; w05 6/15 20-22; w01 5/15 21-26; w99 2/15 10-12; w93 9/1 10-15
balance with employment: w25.07 5-6; w09 12/15 9
keeping eye simple: w11 5/15 11-12
spiritual goals: w20.10 29; w11 5/15 12-14
spiritual routine: w15 6/15 31; w15 11/15 9-10; km 11/02 5-6
subjection within: od 160; w93 2/1 17-18
success in: g18.2 2, 4-15; g 10/09 3-9, 14-17, 22-25; w07 1/1 6
surveys:
traits of strong families: ba 23; g96 10/22 11; w86 11/1 21
tactfulness within: w09 6/15 18; be 200; sg 72-73
traditions: w93 10/1 4
understanding within: g86 10/8 18-20
unity within:
failure of money to provide: g 10/13 9
violence: mrt article 16; jd 121-123; g01 11/8 3-12; w98 11/1 3; w96 2/15 3; fy 147-151; g93 2/8 3-14; g93 8/22 30
contributing factors: g01 11/8 5-7; g93 2/8 6-8
solving: g96 5/22 29; g93 2/8 10-14
when member leaves Jehovah: w21.09 26-31; w07 1/15 17-20; w06 9/1 17-21
Witnesses commended:
Canadian researcher in Zambia: w94 4/15 16
Witness view: ijwfq article 44; jv 175-178
progressive refinements: kr 115-117
Quotations
most important source of happiness: w98 4/1 6
security and elevation of the family are the prime objects of civilization: w98 4/1 6