In this sermon How To Live A Long Life, the family plays an enormously important role.  It is to offer unconditional love and lifelong companionship to its members. To be the first church, the first school, the first hospital, and the first government!  It is where children learn about their male and female roles, how to communicate their ideas and feelings, how to enjoy life and endure pain.  Family life provides the safest parameters in which to discover acceptable and unacceptable behavior. In short, the home is the principal place for spiritual, emotional and moral training.  Our parents are our first teachers – and they deserve honor!