Parents, for Christ’s sake do not blunder in your most important work, that of molding the characters of your children for time and for eternity. An error on your part in neglect of faithful instruction, or in the indulgence of that unwise affection which blinds your eyes to their defects and prevents you from giving them proper restraint, will prove their ruin. Your course may give a wrong direction to all their future career. You determine for them what they will be and what they will do for Christ, for men, and for their own souls. {5T 39.2}

[Forældre, I må for Kristi skyld ikke begå nogen fejlgreb i den så betydningsfulde gerning at forme jeres børns karakter for tid og evighed. En fejl fra jeres side ved at forsømme en trofast vejledning eller ved at give efter for den uforstandige kærlighed, der gør jer blinde for deres fejl og hindrer jer i at give dem den rigtige disciplin, vil vise sig at være ødelæggende for dem. Jeres optræden kan give hele deres fremtidige levnedsløb en forkert retning. I afgør for dem, hvad de skal være og hvad (40) de skal gøre for Kristus, for mennesker og for deres egen sjæl.