Equal Partnership

President Gordon B. Hinckley said:
“Marriage, in its truest sense, is a partnership of equals, with neither exercising dominion over the other, but, rather, with each encouraging and assisting the other in whatever responsibilities and aspirations he or she might have” (“I Believe,” Ensign, Aug. 1992, 6).

What are some things husbands and wives do when they value each other as equal partners?
Here are some ways;

a. They share responsibility for ensuring that the family prays together, conducts family home evening, and studies the scriptures together.

b. They work together in planning how family finances are used.

c. They consult together and come to agreement on household rules and how to discipline children. The children see that their parents are unified in such decisions.

d. They plan family activities together.

e. They both help with housekeeping responsibilities.

f. They attend church together.

Elder Richard G. Scott:
“In the Lord’s plan, it takes two—a man and a woman—to form a whole. … For the greatest happiness and productivity in life, both husband and wife are needed. Their efforts interlock and are complementary. Each has individual traits that best fit the role the Lord has defined for happiness as a man or woman. When used as the Lord intends, those capacities allow a married couple to think, act, and rejoice as one—to face challenges together and overcome them as one, to grow in love and understanding, and through temple ordinances to be bound together as one whole, eternally. That is the plan” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1996, 101; or Ensign, Nov. 1996, 73–74).

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