Some parents do not even take care to keep their children with them when in the house of God. Young girls attend meetings and take their seats, it may be, with their parents, but more frequently back in the congregation. They are in the habit of making an excuse to leave the house. Boys understand this and go out before or after the exit of the girls, and then, as the meeting closes, they accompany them home. Parents are none the wiser of this. Again, excuses are made to walk, and boys and girls assemble in the fairgrounds or some other secluded place, and there play and have a regular high time, with no experienced eye upon them to caution them.—Testimonies for the Church 2:481, 482 (1870). {1MCP 165.3}

Nogle forældre passer ikke engang på, at have deres børn hos sig når de er i Guds hus. Unge piger deltager i møder og tager deres plads, måske med deres forældre, men oftere bag i forsamlingen. De er plejer at undskylde det med at forlade hjemmet. Drenge forstår dette og går ud før eller efter pigerne er gået og så, idet mødet slutter, går de med dem hjem. Forældre er ingen rådgivere i dette. Igen, gøres undskyldninger for at gå og drenge og piger samles på markedspladser nogle afsidesliggende steder og leger dér i forholdsvis lang tid, uden at voksne holder øje med dem og kan advare dem. - vidnesbyrd 2 481, 482 (1870).