In the Priesthood/Relief Society manual, Joseph F. Smith, “rejoiced that he lived ‘in the pure unsullied love’ of his family and said, ’I would not abuse their love and confidence for all I have or am.’” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, p. 155)
Boyd K. Packer
"I would remind you that the father is first of all a husband, and essential to rearing or fine stalwart sons is proper regard for the wife and the mother of the family. O how important it is for a son to have a proper relationship with his father and with his mother, and for him to know that his father and his mother live together in love. There are some hideous things that can happen to a boy -- ugly, abnormal, perverted things. A proper parental pattern is the greatest insurance against tragedy such as this.
"The Prophet Jacob, in accusing wayward fathers of his day, said:
’Behold, ye have done greater iniquities than the Lamanites, our brethren. Ye have broken the hearts of your tender wives, and lost the confidence of your children, because of your bad examples before them; and the sobbings of their hearts ascend up to God against you… .’ (Jacob 2:35.)
“If the father does not honor the priesthood he holds, rest assured that the son will do more than duplicate the inactivity. He will likely magnify the mischief he sees in you, father. Fortunately, the same may be true of your virtue and activity also.”(Conference Report, p. 63)
Jeffrey R. Holland
"In the sermon on chastity, it is particularly revealing that Jacob is so sensitive to the women in his audience. Whether or not that was a result of having seen his mother in anguish over the wickedness of her eldest sons we cannot know, but it is interesting that in his unflinching declaration against sexual transgression Jacob quotes a communication from heaven as follows: [Jacob 2:31-33,35]
“…That is a poetic, profound, ‘piercing’ indictment, and we have the feeling here that Jacob understood then what we unfortunately understand now-that it is usually (but not always) the woman who suffers most in the tragedy of unchastity and that usually (but not always) it is the transgressing man who causes the ’sobbings of the [women’s] hearts to ascend up to God.’” (Heroes from the Book of Mormon, pp. 41-2)