Certain parents have come to ----- with their children and dropped them into the church as if they resigned from thenceforth all responsibility of their moral and religious training. Brother and Sister C and Brother and Sister D have made a decided failure in disciplining their children as well as in properly regulating themselves. Their children have gloried in their freedom to do as they pleased. They have been released from home responsibilities and have despised restraint. A life of usefulness appears to them like a life of drudgery. Lax government at home has unfitted them for any position, and as a natural consequence they have rebelled against school discipline. Their complaints have been received and credited by their parents, who, in sympathizing with their imaginary troubles, have encouraged their children in wrong-doing. These parents have in many instances believed positive untruths that have been palmed off upon them by their deceiving children. A few such cases of unruly and dissembling children would do much toward breaking down all authority in the school and demoralizing the young people of our church. {4T 198.4}

Nogle forældre er kommet til ___ med deres børn og sat dem i menigheden som om de fra nu af fralagde sig al ansvar for deres moralske og religiøse oplæring. Bror og søster C og bror og søster D har gjort en afgjort fejl med deres børneopdragelse, ligesom de (199) ikke har haft ordentlig styr på dem selv. Deres børn har brugt deres frihed til at gøre, hvad de fandt for godt. De har været fri for pligter i hjemmet og har foragtet tvang. Et nyttigt liv er for dem som et liv i slid og slæb. En slap styring i hjemmet har gjort dem uegnede til hvadsomhelst og som naturlig følge deraf, har de gjort oprør mod skoleordnen. Forældrene har indkasseret deres beklagelser og de tror på dem og i forståelse for deres indbildte besværligheder, har de opmuntret deres børn til dårlige gerninger. Disse forældre har i mange tilfælde troet de tydelige usandheder, der er blevet prakket dem på af deres bedrageriske børn. Nogle få eksempler af sådanne uregerlige og hykleriske børn gør meget for nedbrydelsen af al myndighed i skolen og demoraliserer de unge mennesker i vor menighed.