"every one of our Heavenly Father’s children, on both sides of the veil, deserves to hear the message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ"

" My dear young brothers and sisters, these surely are the latter days, and the Lord is hastening His work to gather Israel. That gathering is the most important thing taking place on earth today. Nothing else compares in magnitude, nothing else compares in importance, nothing else compares in majesty. And if you choose to, if you want to, you can be a big part of it. You can be a big part of something big, something grand, something majestic!

When we speak of the gathering, we are simply saying this fundamental truth: every one of our Heavenly Father’s children, on both sides of the veil, deserves to hear the message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. They decide for themselves if they want to know more."

- President Russell M. Nelson, "Hope of Israel," New Era, Aug 2018

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/2018/08-se/hope-of-israel?lang=eng

What in you is merely casualness may become hostility in your children

 "A very real danger of not enthusiastically supporting Children and Youth is the unintended message we would send to our children that the Church is a buffet where we can simply pick and choose which practices and commandments we want to follow and somehow opt out of the rest without consequence.

"Elder Neal A. Maxwell (1926–2004) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles powerfully taught, 'What in you is merely casualness about Christianity may, in your children, become hostility; for what you have not defended, your children may reject angrily.'"

- Steven J. Lund, Young Men General President, Liahona, March 2022. quoting Neal A. Maxwell, Neal A. Maxwell, “Why Not Now?,” Ensign, Nov. 1974, 12.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2022/03/united-states-and-canada-section/how-the-children-and-youth-program-strengthens-families?lang=eng

Neal A. Maxwell, “Why Not Now?,” October 1974 general conference, https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1974/10/why-not-now?lang=eng 

Children and Youth program improves mental health

 “The best way to help youth improve their mental health is by engaging them in Children and Youth because of the consistent emphasis on growth in a variety of areas.

“Children who understand the wonders of the covenant path will not be looking for off-ramps. Through Primary and Children and Youth, the covenants and the milestones will be clear to them, especially when life gets confusing.”

- Dr. Sheldon Martin, mental health expert interviewed about the Children and Youth program, as quoted in "How the Children and Youth Program Strengthens Families" by By Steven J. Lund, Young Men General President, Liahona, Mar 2022

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2022/03/united-states-and-canada-section/how-the-children-and-youth-program-strengthens-families?lang=eng