Chapter 35—Parental Responsibility Parents are in a great degree responsible for the mold given to the characters of their children. They should aim at symmetry and proportion. There are few well-balanced minds, because parents are wickedly negligent of their duty to stimulate weak traits and repress wrong ones. They do not remember that they are under the most solemn obligation to watch the tendencies of each child, that it is their duty to train their children to right habits and right ways of thinking. {5T 319.1}

Forældre er i stor grad ansvarlig for den form deres børns karakter får. De burde stræbe efter symmetri og dimensioner. Der er nogle få velafbalancerede mennesker, fordi forældre har været frygtelig forsømmelige i at stimulere svage træk og undertrykke de forkerte. De husker ikke, at de er pålagt den højtideligste opgave at overvåge hvert barns tendenser, at det er deres pligt at oplære deres børn til rigtige vaner og rigtige tænkemåder.