The errors in your lax system of family government are revealed in the characters of your children. You have not educated yourselves to follow the instructions given in the word of God. The evils resulting from your failures in duty are becoming serious and deep. Sister G does not have the right influence. She has yielded to the strong wills of her wrong-minded children, and has indulged them to their hurt. Both of you should have taught your children from their very babyhood that they could not control you, but that your will was to be obeyed. Had Sister G received the proper training in her childhood, had she been disciplined and educated according to the word of God, she would have a different mold of character herself and would better understand the duties that devolve upon her. She would know how to train her children so as to make their ways pleasing to God. But the defects that have resulted from her own wrong training are reproduced in her children, and what will be the nature of their work should they ever stand at the head of families of their own? The oldest may have some knowledge of domestic duties; but, further than this, she is a mere novice. {5T 326.3}

Fejlene i jeres slappe familieledelse åbenbares i jeres børns karakter. I har ikke uddannet jer selv til at følge instrukserne i Guds ord. Onderne fra jeres pligtsforsømmelser bliver alvorlige og dybe. Søster G har ikke den rigtige indflydelse. Hun har givet efter for sine fejl-tænkende børns stærke vilje og har føjet dem til deres skade. (327) I begge burde have lært jeres børn, fra deres allertidligste barndom, at de ikke kan styre jer, men at jeres vilje skal adlydes. Havde søster G fået den rigtige oplæring i sine barndom, var hun opdraget og uddannet efter Guds ord, hun ville selv have en anden karakterform og ville bedre kunne forstå pligterne hun har fået pålagt. Hun ville vide hvordan hendes børn skulle opdrages, så at deres veje gøres behagelige for Gud. Men manglerne i hendes egen forkerte opdragelse gik igen i hendes børn og hvad vil så blive resultatet af deres arbejde, når de skal stå som familieoverhoveder? Den ældste må have nogen kundskab til hjemmepligter; men mere det: hun er blot nybegynder.