If such persons have families of their own, they become arbitrary rulers at home and display there the selfish and unreasonable disposition they are forced to partially conceal from the outside world. Their dependents feel to the utmost all the faults of their early training. Why will parents educate their children in such a manner that they will be at war with those who are brought in contact with them? {4T 202.2}

Hvis sådanne personer har deres egne familier, bliver de egenmægtige herskere i hjemmene og udviser det egenkærlige og urimelige temperament, som de er tvunget til at skjule delvist fra den ydre verden. Deres afhængige børn mærker meget alle fejlene i deres tidligere opdragelse. Hvorfor vil forældre opdrage deres børn sådan, at de kommer i krig med dem de omgås?