FAMILIES
(See also Adoption; Children; Family Merit; Family Responsibility; Fathers; Homemaking; Husbands; Marriage; Mothers; Parents; Relatives; Stepfamilies; Wives)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
attitude within: km 2/79 1, 8; w73 478
babies:
cost of having: g79 3/22 31; g64 1/22 31
baby-sitting: g71 3/22 30; g64 11/22 9; g63 6/22 6; g58 12/8 20-24; g49 8/22 21-23
basic theocratic unit: fl 8-10; qm 251; g65 4/22 25; w64 147-149; w63 269; w62 201-202, 205-206, 456-457; w60 79; w59 551; w58 508; w57 179; qm55 251, 358
basis for happiness: w82 7/15 8-9; g80 2/22 4; g80 4/22 10-15; w78 2/1 3-7; w78 9/15 3-5; fl 5-10, 181-188, 190; w76 612-617
basis for unity: uw 139-145; w74 88-89; w72 131-132, 259-260, 270-271, 287; g72 2/22 6-8; km 7/72 3; w71 223; w71 581; w70 502-503, 549-551; is 141-144; w64 148, 178-179, 408; w63 268-269
battered husbands: w84 10/1 7; g79 5/8 10-11; g78 7/8 31
benefits of commendation: w65 132
Bible reading: km 2/79 7; w77 648-651; w73 532
reading aloud: w73 205-207
Bible study: km 11/84 3; km 10/83 1-2; km 7/82 1, 3; w81 11/1 18-19; tr 174, 176-177; km 12/81 3; km 4/80 3; km 2/79 1, 7; w78 2/1 6-7; km 2/78 2; km 7/76 4; w75 436-437; w74 85-87; g74 2/8 9; w73 205-207; w73 532; w73 559-563; km 2/73 7-8; w72 114-117; km 1/72 7-8; w71 104-107; w71 532; w71 555-556; w71 585-586; yb71 265; km 5/71 3; g69 6/8 6-7; km 11/69 4; w68 110-113, 166; yb68 224, 247, 253; yl 67-68; km 8/66 4; km 12/66 1, 3; w64 139, 201-202, 274; yb64 136, 195-196; g64 9/8 4; w62 523-524
bilingual families: w85 1/1 13
children in broken homes: km 1/80 3; w77 563
how to report: km 6/83 4
boredom: yy 67-72
breakdown: g82 8/8 3-4; g80 2/22 3; g80 4/22 3-10; g79 4/22 15; w78 2/1 3-4; w78 11/1 24; g78 6/22 3-4; g78 10/22 6; w77 263; g77 7/8 29; w76 267; w76 611-612; g76 6/8 30; w74 261-267, 270-271; w74 391; w74 675; g74 4/22 3-5; g74 9/8 4; w71 581-582; g71 2/22 30; g71 10/22 10; w70 547-548; g69 6/8 3; g69 11/8 30; g68 1/8 10-12; g66 10/22 7; g66 11/22 4; g65 1/8 5; g65 7/22 29; g65 10/8 8; g65 11/22 30; g64 3/22 9-10; g64 10/8 8-9; g63 5/22 18-19; g63 8/22 20; w62 202-204, 248-249, 456, 464-465, 581-582; w60 45; g59 4/22 9-11; w57 179; g56 2/22 3-4; w55 208; w53 401
churches are no longer secure sanctuaries against family disintegration (quote): w84 6/1 31
family violence: w84 1/15 24; w84 10/1 3-7
increase of one- and two-person households: g76 6/8 30
broken homes: w77 562-565
care of home: g66 11/8 11; g65 12/22 10-12; g64 2/8 24-25
household neatness: w78 2/1 6
percent done by various family members: g85 7/22 30
causes of family tension: w78 9/15 3; g77 11/8 3-4
changes since 1914: g68 7/8 6
child adoption: g74 8/8 28; w66 415-416; w56 511; g53 1/22 9-11; g46 12/8 12-13
child-custody cases: km 7/81 4; g79 3/22 29-30; g68 3/8 21-24; g68 7/8 12-16; g67 5/22 7; g67 8/8 29; g67 9/22 3-10; g66 1/8 29; yb63 69; g63 7/22 8-15; yb62 74, 105; g62 7/22 30; bd 51-55; g60 11/8 21-22; g59 3/22 25; g55 8/22 19; g52 1/22 16, 19; g52 10/8 7-8; g51 5/22 3-8, 28; g51 10/22 3-4; g45 12/5 26-28; g41 6/11 20-24
children: w82 1/15 11-22; w82 10/15 25-30; g81 4/8 3-15; km 4/80 3; fl 81-92, 94-96, 146-160; w75 155-157; w75 434-437; w74 119; g74 4/22 13-16; w73 552-564; w72 259-260, 270-271, 359-365; w67 99-100, 741-743; qm 256; w66 453-455, 572-574; g66 9/22 17-20; g66 11/8 9-11; g65 1/8 8; g65 1/22 3-4; w64 494; g64 9/22 5-6; w63 123; w62 206-207, 211-213, 456-466, 489-495; g62 3/8 5-8; g62 7/8 20; w61 172-186; g61 2/8 3-4; g61 7/22 5-8; g61 12/8 24-26; w60 55, 735; g60 4/22 19; g60 8/8 20-23; g60 12/8 12-15; w58 218; w57 182; g57 11/8 3; w56 310; w55 214; qm55 256; w54 60; w53 408-409; g50 10/22 13-16; w49 27-30; g47 9/22 10; w38 131-139
arrested many times: g76 10/22 29
child abuse: g85 1/22 3-10; w84 1/15 24; w84 10/1 7; w84 11/1 3; g84 9/8 29; g84 11/22 30; g79 5/8 8-9
child tyrants: g76 2/8 3-5
companionship of parents with: w79 6/1 17-18; g79 12/22 5-8; w78 2/1 5-6; w78 11/1 24; fl 139; g76 2/22 4-5; w75 156-157; w74 270-271; g74 2/8 10; g74 4/22 15-16; g74 7/22 22-23; w73 523; km 7/73 3; g70 4/8 4-5; g69 11/22 9-12; yb68 74; w67 100; g65 5/8 8-11; g65 7/8 19; g65 10/8 11; w64 141-142, 286; w62 461; g62 10/22 17-20; w61 178, 326-327
cost to raise: g85 6/22 31; g84 1/8 31; g82 3/8 29-30; g79 3/22 31
discipline: fl 131-145; w75 14-15
disobedience to parents: w84 10/1 5-6
early training: w84 8/1 5-7; w82 1/15 12-14; fl 114-116, 118-130
effect of broken home: g78 10/22 6
family with 37: g81 3/22 31
family with 38: g73 12/22 31
“holy” (1Co 7:14): w76 575-576
proper view of having children live with worldly relatives for material advantage: w82 8/15 30-31
rearing, despite influence of world: w85 3/15 25-27; w85 4/15 30
respect for parents: hp 91-92; g80 1/22 20; fl 161-170
responsibility of: w81 10/15 18-19
right to refuse certain medical treatments for: g84 7/8 3, 5-18
role in happy family: w78 2/1 4-5, 7
serving Jehovah loyally in the: km 8/82 3
spiritual assistance: km 11/84 3
spiritual assistance to children of another family: km 8/80 1, 3
training children to be preachers of the good news: km 7/81 1, 3
when children of elders and ministerial servants come under a “charge of debauchery” (Tit 1:6): w78 2/1 31-32
China:
effect of policy of one child per family: g83 4/8 30
Christian view of having: fl 90-92, 94-96; w75 158-160; g74 6/22 11
communication: km 12/81 1, 3; w78 9/1 13; fl 33-39, 106, 146-160; w74 89-90, 92-93
improvement: g85 1/8 4-6, 8, 10
television’s effect on: g81 1/22 25
why the breakdown: g85 1/8 4
composite personality of each: yy 68-69
conduct: w74 45-46; w73 331-332; w70 676; g68 7/22 14-15; w67 311-312; qm 248, 251, 358; g65 1/8 5-8; g64 8/8 4; g64 9/22 5-6; w63 75-78, 387, 432-434; ln 40-48; w61 350, 708; w60 405-406, 503-505, 612; g60 12/8 4; w59 549-552; g58 11/8 3-4; w57 179-183; w55 208-222; qm55 248, 251; w52 40-43; w49 28-29
confidential matters: km 7/75 3; w71 223
congregation spirituality: km 7/72 3
consideration for members: w75 675; g75 5/22 24-26; w74 45-46; w74 313-317
cooking by teenage girls: g78 4/8 31
cooperation: w80 1/15 29; fl 106-110; w74 117-119; w74 313-317; g74 5/8 13; w72 156, 484; km 11/69 4; w68 85; g68 2/8 28-29; w66 100; g65 5/8 9; g65 10/22 5; g64 4/8 4
correcting mate in private: fl 107; w68 547-548
cost to feed: g63 2/22 11; g61 2/22 31; g61 3/22 16
death in the family:
coping with: g85 4/22 3-13; g81 2/8 5-10
preparing the family to cope: g81 2/8 10-11
decision making: fl 109; w77 551-552
discussion: w84 10/1 3-7; g84 7/8 3-6; uw 139-145; w82 7/15 8-9; w81 10/15 16-25; w80 11/15 28-29; hp 75-85; g80 2/22 3-4; g80 4/22 3-15; km 2/79 1, 8; w78 2/1 3-7; fl 5-190; w77 549-565; km 12/77 1, 4; w76 611-617; gh 160-165; g76 2/8 3-5; g76 2/22 3-5; g76 10/8 10-13; w75 151-158; w75 433-438; w71 581-586; ad 564-565
disfellowshipped family members: w83 1/1 30-31
divided households: km 1/80 3; w79 8/1 28; bw 85-86; w78 9/1 9-11; fl 68-69, 79-80, 111; w77 560-565; w75 437-438; km 8/75 7; w74 314-317; g74 4/22 9; w73 475; tp73 176-177; km 2/73 8; or 185-186; km 5/72 4; w71 201-213; w70 155-156, 551; is 144; w67 734-735; qm 251, 254-255; w66 573; w64 204-205, 249-250, 485-486, 564, 644; yb64 286-287; g64 3/22 28; g64 5/22 23; g64 10/22 5-6; w63 123, 571-575; mg63 178; w62 83, 208-214, 465-466, 665-666; yb62 95-96, 121, 134, 158, 203-204, 207-208, 255-256; g62 6/22 19; w61 210-211, 350, 752-753; yb61 118-121, 218; w60 50, 720-723, 735-736; w59 266-267, 552-554; w58 400; w55 217-222; qm55 251, 254-255; w53 409; w43 58-59; w38 136-137
training children when husband is an unbeliever: w80 12/15 10-11
drug abuse: g72 9/22 29
early Christians: fl 7; g78 6/22 4
effect of—
famine: g85 5/22 29
me-ism: g80 4/22 8-9
encouraging full-time service: w81 10/15 23-24
‘every family owes its name’ to God (Eph 3:15): w82 12/15 17; w78 2/1 3
experiences:
aiding unbelieving mate: w80 6/15 4; g78 3/8 17-19; w71 211; yb70 172-173
aiding weak ones: yb70 180-181
auxiliary pioneering: w75 315; km 2/72 4-6; yb69 251; g67 7/8 19
benefits of daily spiritual instruction: w85 9/1 11
benefits of daily text discussion: w83 7/15 11
benefits of schedule: w85 9/1 11; yb66 74, 154-155, 171; yb65 139, 244; yb63 205-206; yb61 203-204
dealing with children’s problems: w85 4/1 23-24
effect of Bible Stories book: w80 9/1 28
faithfulness: yb79 253-254
family life improved: yb85 20-21
father tries mother’s duties for 70 days: g78 11/22 30
first-person account of attaining a happy family life: w76 168-172
first-person account of finding fleshly sister long thought dead: g84 12/22 18-21
helping members to pioneer: yb68 74, 76; yb62 126, 163, 207
hiding Bible literature from opposed husband: km 2/79 7
importance of training children: w85 9/1 11; yb80 246-247
including other members in study: yb71 212-213, 293-294; yb70 174; yb69 131; yb65 103, 110; g65 4/8 19; w64 118; yb64 84-85, 101, 133-134, 266; yb63 138-139, 288-289; yb62 100, 197
life story “My Family’s Love for God Despite Prison and Death”: w85 9/1 10-15
life story “‘Seek First the Kingdom’—Our Family Goal”: w85 12/1 26-31
life story “Serving God as a Family”: w85 4/1 22-27
marriage saved: w83 12/15 29
mother goes on strike against her family: g82 11/8 30
nine-year-old son saves a marriage: w81 11/1 21
opposition by relatives: yb83 12-13; w82 4/15 16, 27; w81 2/15 12-13; g81 6/22 18-19; w80 12/1 13-14; yb80 178-179; w79 9/1 11; yb79 243; w77 535; g73 1/22 15-16; w71 533-534; w71 574-575; yb71 88-91, 162, 165, 168-169, 315; yb70 105-107, 129-130, 145, 254, 256; yb69 142, 175, 194-196, 275-276; yb68 130-131, 145-146, 251-252; g68 8/22 22; yb67 261-262, 272, 278, 301, 315-316; g67 8/8 6-7; yb66 86-87, 132-133; yb65 109, 195-196; yb64 130, 141-143, 164, 214, 216, 236, 281; w63 316; yb63 161, 163-164, 167-168, 184-185, 251, 277, 309-310; yb62 95-96, 121, 123-124; g62 6/22 19; g62 12/22 26; yb61 218, 227
overcoming opposition: yb85 22; yb84 16, 22, 41, 186-187, 198-199, 211-212; w81 4/1 30; yb81 171-173; w80 9/1 7; w79 4/15 28; w79 8/15 12; w79 10/1 10-11; w78 4/15 20; yb78 192-193, 248; g78 12/22 20; w77 461-463; w77 595; w76 17-18; w76 394; g73 1/22 15-16; g72 5/22 24; w71 679-680; yb71 147, 149, 292-293, 309-310; yb70 105-106, 123, 170-171, 202, 219-220, 222, 227, 233-235, 242-243, 245, 271-272, 309-310; w69 445-446; yb69 76-79, 103, 129; yb68 88-89, 105-106, 150-151, 189-190, 241-242, 251; w67 581, 583; yb67 88; g67 8/22 16; w65 351; yb65 156-157; g65 4/22 22; yb64 160-161; g44 5/24 20-24
overseers call on opposed marriage mates: yb64 109, 172
parents talk to school class: w74 272
teaching children from infancy: w85 4/1 23-25
training of children: km 4/80 3; g71 2/22 11; w70 551, 630; yb70 93-94, 161-162; yb69 126-127, 219-220, 239-240; g69 2/8 26; w68 414-415, 669; yb68 139; g65 1/22 3-4; yb64 136; yb63 280; w62 458-459; yb62 131, 253, 262; yb61 140-141, 189, 261
united by truth: yb86 105-106; w81 1/1 25; w81 4/1 30; yb81 176-177; w80 4/1 9-10; w80 7/15 13-14; w80 8/1 32; w80 9/15 11; w80 12/15 32; hp 80; g80 4/22 24; g80 8/8 22; g80 11/8 12-15; w79 3/15 32; g78 5/8 20; g78 9/22 26; g78 11/22 21-22; w77 363; w77 493-494; w77 765; w74 317; g74 2/8 11; g74 4/22 16; g74 9/8 7; yb73 228-229, 240-241; w72 454-455; yb72 246-247; g72 4/8 25; g72 10/8 23-24; km 5/72 4; w71 202, 204-206, 209, 211-212; w71 376; yb71 95-96, 198, 208, 249-250, 277, 290-291; g71 4/8 23; w70 550, 583; yb70 88, 138-139, 143-144, 154-155, 197, 226-227; g70 12/8 10; w69 454-456; yb69 123-124, 148-149, 200-201, 267-268; yb68 157-158, 167-168, 239; yb67 97-98, 103-104, 278; g67 9/22 12-15; yb65 83-84, 141-142, 145; g65 4/8 19; yb64 127, 172, 242-243, 246; yb63 163-164, 167-168, 195; yb62 237-238; yb61 95-96, 98, 114, 118-119
witnessing to relatives: yb71 76, 120-121, 204-205, 228, 278-279, 317; yb70 109, 196, 238, 290; yb69 119, 144-145, 154-155, 280; yb68 154-155; g68 5/8 15; g68 6/22 26; yb67 128, 134, 142, 162-163, 201, 208, 215, 301, 303-304; g67 7/8 19; g67 11/8 20; yb66 131, 146-147; w65 457-460
witnessing to unbelieving spouses: yb67 211
failure of worldly guidance: fl 6; g75 10/8 6
family circle under attack: g80 4/22 8-9; w78 2/1 3-4
family discussions based on Youth book: km 8/77 1, 4
family merit and family responsibility: su 97; w72 543; g64 3/22 27-28; w52 342-344
family ties:
not letting, deprive one of prize: w85 7/15 17-19
father’s headship: w80 11/1 23; w78 8/15 3; fl 97-98; w77 550-552; w76 614-615; w75 153-154; w75 219; w75 433-434; w72 270-271, 445-446; g72 2/22 7-8; g72 9/22 27-28; w71 582-583; ad 726; g71 9/22 30; w70 155
“father’s house” as used in Bible: ad 570
father’s influence: fl 103; g72 8/22 29-30
father’s role: w85 3/15 25-27; w85 11/1 21-24; w81 7/15 10; w78 2/1 6-7; fl 102-106; g76 2/22 3-4
field ministry: km 2/79 8; km 12/77 1, 4
finances: hp 55-61; g80 8/22 21-23; g79 5/8 17; g78 3/22 3, 5-6; g76 5/8 31
budget: g85 4/22 24-27; g84 4/8 23-27
buying on credit: g80 5/8 13
coping with inflation: g81 1/8 16-20
cutting expenses: g71 3/8 8-10; g69 4/8 8-11
waste due to manipulations of advertisers: g80 5/8 12-13
whether wives should go to work: g81 1/8 16-20
working couples: g85 2/8 7-10
genealogy: ad 634-641
generosity within: g74 12/22 6
Ghana: g71 10/22 7
goals for a Christian family: km 7/85 3; km 9/83 7; w75 437, 443
grandparents: g79 12/8 9-12
Greece (ancient): fl 6-7; g78 6/22 4
helping an alcoholic in the family: g82 12/8 16-23
honesty: w68 540
honor to one another: km 2/79 1; g77 11/8 5; w71 310
humility of parents: w78 2/1 7; fl 127-128
husband’s responsibilities: w85 11/1 21-24; g82 8/8 7-8; w81 10/15 17-18; tr 171, 174; w80 11/15 28-29; bw 86-93; fl 41-44, 46-53; w76 614-615; g76 10/8 10-11; w75 153-154; w75 314; w75 433-434; w74 117-118; w73 471; tp73 175-176; g72 2/22 7-8; g72 5/22 13-14; w71 104; w70 36; w70 67; w69 175; g69 6/8 4-6; w68 108-114, 607-608; g68 2/8 28-29; g68 11/22 26; w67 67-68, 145; qm 251; w66 296, 455; li 259-263, 266; g65 1/8 5-7; w64 201-203, 408, 493, 550-551; g64 8/22 31; g64 9/8 4; g64 11/22 8-9; g64 12/8 30; w63 77, 432-434; w62 209-212, 457-462; g62 4/8 16-19; w61 325-326; g61 4/22 26; g61 5/8 9-10; g61 8/8 29; g60 4/22 18-19; w59 89, 466, 549, 553-554; g59 3/22 12-16; yw 59-60; g58 1/8 8-12; w57 179-180; w56 639; w55 208-210; qm55 251; g55 11/8 25-26; g54 9/22 21-24; w53 37-40; ms53 253, 255; w52 511-512; w51 278-279; el 151-153
importance: g83 5/22 14; g82 8/8 3; fl 6-8
importance of exercising mildness: w82 9/1 10-11
Israel (ancient): lp 150, 156; ad 564
Japan:
effect of employment: g85 5/8 9, 11; g85 7/22 15
strength of family unit: g78 6/22 3
Jehovah’s family: hs 23; w74 313; w64 299-300; g63 6/22 5; w62 352, 457; w60 44-51; w58 126; w56 205; w50 325-328; w48 115
Jehovah’s interest in arrangement: fl 8-9
joy within: w82 11/1 14; g77 11/8 4-5
kinship of Bible times: ad 992
Korea, Republic of (South):
family names: g84 12/22 19
reuniting families: g84 2/8 31; g84 12/22 18-21
love for other members: w81 10/15 19-20; w80 4/15 27-28; w74 439; g73 1/22 3-4; w72 131-132; g72 2/8 3; g72 4/8 4; w71 516; w71 584; w67 277-278; w65 205-206
marital fidelity:
importance: w76 743
materialism: g81 1/8 19-20; w75 495
matriarchal society: g61 3/22 17-18
mealtime conversation: fl 120; km 6/78 3; g74 9/8 10; g65 6/22 12-14; g65 10/8 11; w64 560; w62 458; w61 338; g60 6/22 12-15; w52 40
meaning of term: w62 456
meetings: w72 408-409
preparation for: km 2/79 1, 7
mother’s role: w85 11/1 24-25; w78 2/1 7; fl 98-99, 101; g76 2/22 4
need for a sound guide: w78 9/15 3-4; g75 10/8 3-5
Noah a fine example for family heads today: w85 3/15 26; w85 4/15 30
“no natural affection” (2Ti 3:3): w84 10/1 3, 6-7
number of residence changes according to country: g77 1/8 30
obligations to relatives: w60 72; w59 273
origin: fl 8; w62 201-202, 456-457; w55 208; w53 402
overcoming opposition: su 122; w78 9/1 4-7; yl 211-212; yb66 69-70
overintervention in family matters by professionals: g80 12/8 30
parents’ responsibility toward children: w82 1/15 12-17; w82 10/15 25-30; tr 173-178; km 12/81 1, 3-4; hp 93-95; km 4/80 3; km 2/79 1, 7-8; w78 11/1 24; fl 90-160; w77 555-557; km 12/77 1, 4; w75 155-157; w75 314; w75 433-437; w74 81-94; g74 2/8 7-11; g74 4/22 13-16; w73 532-533, 535-536; w73 553-564; tp73 175-177; km 2/73 7-8; w72 109-111; g72 9/22 27-28; w71 170-171; w71 361-362, 367-372; g71 3/22 7-8; w70 734; g70 4/8 3-7; g69 6/8 5-7; w68 80-86; w67 100, 146; w66 453-455, 572-574; g66 10/22 7-8; g66 11/8 9-11; km 2/66 7; w65 206; g65 1/8 8; g65 5/8 9-11; w64 137-143, 273-274; g64 3/22 9-10, 27-28; g64 8/22 16; g64 10/22 6; w63 77, 383-384, 433, 492-495, 529; ln 46; g63 5/22 18-20; g63 6/22 5-7; w62 211-212, 286, 457-465, 582-584; g62 3/8 5-8; g62 7/8 30; g62 10/22 17-20; w61 88, 172-184, 323-324, 326-327; g61 4/8 6, 8; g61 4/22 27; g61 7/22 5-8; w58 218; w57 181-182; g54 8/22 3-4; ms53 256; w52 36-37; el 247-256; g49 2/8 25-28; g46 1/2 27-28; w38 132-133, 313
cooperation in child training: w76 703-704
personal subscriptions for each member: km 6/78 4
prayers: fl 149-150; g65 11/22 28; w62 248
preservation of marriage: fl 171-174; w72 131-132; w69 739-744; w63 569-575
privacy: w74 314
problems: w78 9/15 3-4
over TV and stereo: g78 2/8 30
proper view of public welfare for: w83 4/1 8-11; w80 9/15 19
rebellion in, not necessarily father’s fault: g81 4/8 12; km 7/75 3
recreation: w79 6/1 16-20; w78 2/1 6; fl 138-140; w74 273; km 7/73 3; w71 314; g69 7/22 18, 24-26; g68 7/22 21-24; g65 5/8 8-11; g65 12/22 10; w62 206-207; g62 4/8 22
bread-dough art: g85 5/8 24-27
respect within: w80 11/1 23; w74 90-91
Rome (ancient): g80 4/22 3; fl 7; g78 6/22 4
Jewish family life exemplary (quote): g78 6/22 4
rules: w82 10/15 19; fl 134-138; w72 224
schedule: w85 9/1 11, 15; w75 436; g68 2/8 29; qm 154, 251; g65 5/8 8; g65 12/22 9-11; w59 459, 531, 551-552; qm55 154, 251
settling difficulties: tr 178-179; w80 11/1 23; g74 4/22 5-16; w73 324; km 9/73 8; w71 582-584; g69 6/8 7-8
single-parent families: w82 10/15 29; g81 2/22 16-19; w80 9/15 15-26; w80 12/15 29-30; g80 10/22 25-28
coping with loneliness: w80 9/15 16-17
coping with sexual desires: w80 9/15 17-19
help from the congregation: w80 9/15 21-26
number headed by a woman: g79 9/22 29
Soviet Union: g64 6/22 11; w62 202-203; g54 11/22 3
spirituality: w62 459-460; w60 49; w59 466, 553-554
growing spiritually: km 10/80 1, 8
keeping households spiritually healthy: km 2/79 1, 8; fl 185-186; km 6/78 3
practicing godly devotion in: uw 139-145
responding to Kingdom rule: km 2/79 1, 8
serving Jehovah as a family: km 10/80 1, 8
spiritual provision: fl 103, 105, 119-121; w64 142-143; w62 205-206, 457-464, 499; w61 323-324; w60 48-50; w59 548-554; g59 4/22 11-12; g59 7/8 4-7; w58 407-408, 533-535; w38 133-136
starting a family:
preparation before: fl 94
questions for those: fl 85
statistics: g70 1/22 31
stepfamily: g85 4/8 20-22; g85 4/22 14-16; g85 5/8 18-20; w84 10/15 21-25
subjection in the family circle: w80 5/15 7-8; km 2/79 1
television:
diminishes family life: w84 10/1 4-5; g84 12/22 24
effect of violence: w84 10/1 4-5; g84 4/8 13-14
effect on family: g82 10/22 7-8; g74 9/8 9-10
effect on family communication: g85 1/8 4
families test living without for one month: g78 8/22 31
time consumed by average family: g84 4/22 30
trust: g72 4/8 4
truthfulness: w77 620
unbelievers at Armageddon: w65 175-176
unity: fl 107-108, 110; w74 313-317
violence: w84 10/1 3-7; w84 11/1 3, 5; g84 4/8 13-14; w79 2/1 3; g79 5/8 3-19; g74 11/8 30
whether teenagers should leave home: g84 6/8 20-22
wife beating: w84 10/1 3, 7; w84 11/1 3; g84 11/22 30
wife’s responsibilities: w85 11/1 24-25; w81 10/15 17-18; tr 171-172; w80 11/15 28-29; w79 2/15 3-4; fl 54-56, 58-63, 65-69; w76 389-392; w76 615-616; g76 10/8 11-12; w75 154-155; w75 314; w75 434, 436; w74 118-119; g74 5/8 13-14; tp73 176-177; g72 2/22 8; g72 5/22 6-7, 10-11; w70 67-68; w69 175; g69 6/8 4; g68 11/22 26; w67 36, 145-146, 734; qm 254-255; w66 297-298; li 263-266; g65 1/8 7-8; w64 178-179, 408, 493, 551; w63 432-434; g63 12/8 14-16; w62 209-212, 462-463, 465-466; w61 326-327; g61 1/8 10-11; g61 4/22 26; g61 5/8 10-11; w60 406; w57 180-181, 185; g57 2/8 13; g57 8/22 13; w55 210-211; qm55 254-255; g55 11/8 26; g54 8/8 21-24; w53 38-39; ms53 253, 255; w52 511-512; el 247-256
subjection: g82 8/8 7-8; fl 55-56; w77 552-553; w76 615-616; w72 445-447
witnessing to relatives: km 12/83 4; lp 189; w74 185-186
working couples:
Bible view: g85 2/8 9; g85 2/22 7-9
counting the cost: g85 2/22 3-11
handling finances: g85 2/8 7-10
history: g85 2/8 3, 5-6
housework: g85 2/8 10-11
interviews: g85 2/22 10-11
psychological impact: g85 2/8 6-7
reasons wives work: g85 2/8 5-6
worldly views regarding: w84 6/1 4
Quotations
family is not a democracy: w82 10/15 19
Jewish family life exemplary: g78 6/22 4
oldest human institution: fl 5-6; g78 6/22 4
prime need in many troubled marriages is for better ways of communicating: g85 1/8 3
we don’t talk to each other enough: g78 8/8 29