In devoting yourself so entirely to the details of business, you are robbing yourself of time for meditation and prayer, and are robbing your children of the patient care and attention that they have a right to claim from their mother. You find that you can hurry through with many tasks yourself, easier and quicker than you can patiently teach your children to do them for you; yet it would be much better to put certain responsibilities upon them and instruct them to be useful. This would encourage and occupy them, as well as relieve you in part. {4T 137.4}

Bruger du hele din tid til forretningssmåting, (138) frarøver du dig selv tid til meditation og bøn og frarøver dine børn den tålmodige omhu og opmærksomhed de har krav på fra deres moder. Du finder ud af at du kan skynde dig igennem med mange af dine egne opgaver, lettere og hurtigere end du tålmodigt kan lære dine børn at gøre dem for dig; alligevel ville det være meget bedre lægge visse ansvar over på dem og lære dem at gøre sig nyttige. Dette ville opmuntre og optage dem, ligeså vel som det vil hjælpe dig.