Again I was directed to the condition of the young in these last days. Children are not controlled. Parents, you should commence your first lesson of discipline when your children are babes in your arms. Teach them to yield their will to yours. This can be done by bearing an even hand, and manifesting firmness. Parents should have perfect control over their own spirits, and with mildness and yet firmness bend the will of the child until it shall expect nothing else but to yield to their wishes. {1T 218.2}

De unges tilstand i disse sidste dage blev yderligere fremstillet for mig. Børnene holdes ikke under kontrol. Forældre, I bør begynde jeres første undervisning i disciplin, medens de små endnu er spædbørn i jeres arme. Lær dem at bøje deres vilje under jeres. Dette kan gøres, hvis man handler konsekvent og viser fasthed. Forældre bør have fuldkomment herredømme over deres eget sind og med mildhed, men dog med fasthed bøje barnets vilje, indtil det ikke kan tænke sig noget andet end at bøje sig for deres ønsker.