Chapter 72—Parents and Children
I have been shown that while parents who have the fear of God before them restrain their children, they should study their dispositions and temperaments, and seek to meet their wants. Some parents attend carefully to the temporal wants of their children; they kindly and faithfully nurse them in sickness, and then think their duty done. Here they mistake. Their work has but just begun. The wants of the mind should be cared for. It requires skill to apply the proper remedies to cure a wounded mind. Children have trials just as hard to bear, just as grievous in character, as those of older persons. Parents themselves do not feel the same at all times. Their minds are often perplexed. They labor under mistaken views and feelings. Satan buffets them, and they yield to his temptations. They speak irritably, and in a manner to excite wrath in their children, and are sometimes exacting and fretful. The poor children partake of the same spirit, and the parents are not prepared to help them, for they were the cause of the trouble. Sometimes everything seems to go wrong. There is fretfulness all around, and all have a very miserable, unhappy time. The parents lay the blame upon their poor children and think them very disobedient and unruly, the worst children in the world, when the cause of the disturbance is in themselves.
1T 384.1
Some parents raise many a storm by their lack of self-control. Instead of kindly asking the children to do this or that, they order them in a scolding tone, and at the same time a censure or reproof is on their lips which the children have not merited. Parents, this course pursued toward your children destroys their cheerfulness and ambition. They do your bidding, not from love, but because they dare not do otherwise. Their heart is not in the matter. It is a drudgery, instead of a pleasure, and this often leads them to forget to follow out all your directions, which increases your irritation, and makes it still worse for the children. The faultfinding is repeated, their bad conduct arrayed before them in glowing colors, until discouragement comes over them, and they are not particular whether they please or not. A spirit of “I don't care” seizes them, and they seek that pleasure and enjoyment away from home, away from their parents, which they do not find at home. They mingle with street company and are soon as corrupt as the worst.
1T 384.2
Upon whom rests this great sin? If home had been made attractive, if the parents had manifested affection for their children, and with kindness found employment for them, and in love instructed them how to obey their wishes, they would have touched an answering chord in their hearts, and willing feet and hands and hearts would all have readily obeyed them. By controlling themselves, and speaking kindly, and praising the children when they try to do right, parents may encourage their efforts, make them very happy, and throw over the family circle a charm which will chase away every dark shadow and bring cheerful sunlight in.
1T 385.1
Parents sometimes excuse their own wrong course because they do not feel well. They are nervous, and think they cannot be patient and calm, and speak pleasantly. In this they deceive themselves and please Satan, who exults that the grace of God is not regarded by them as sufficient to overcome natural infirmities. They can and should at all times control themselves. God requires it of them. They should realize that when they yield to impatience and fretfulness they cause others to suffer. Those around them are affected by the spirit they manifest, and if they in their turn act out the same spirit, the evil is increased and everything goes wrong.
1T 385.2
Parents, when you feel fretful, you should not commit so great a sin as to poison the whole family with this dangerous irritability. At such times set a double watch over yourselves, and resolve in your heart not to offend with your lips, that you will utter only pleasant, cheerful words. Say to yourselves: “I will not mar the happiness of my children by a fretful word.” By thus controlling yourselves, you will grow stronger. Your nervous system will not be so sensitive. You will be strengthened by the principles of right. The consciousness that you are faithfully discharging your duty will strengthen you. Angels of God will smile upon your efforts and help you. When you feel impatient, you too often think the cause is in your children, and you blame them when they do not deserve it. At another time they might do the very same things and all would be acceptable and right. Children know, and mark, and feel these irregularities, and they are not always the same. At times they are somewhat prepared to meet changeable moods, and at other times they are nervous and fretful, and cannot bear censure. Their spirit rises up in rebellion against it. Parents want all due allowance made for their state of mind, yet do not always see the necessity of making the same allowance for their poor children. They excuse in themselves that which, if seen in their children who have not their years of experience and discipline, they would highly censure. Some parents are of a nervous temperament, and when fatigued with labor or oppressed with care, they do not preserve a calm state of mind, but manifest to those who should be dearest to them on earth, a fretfulness and lack of forbearance which displeases God and brings a cloud over the family. Children, in their troubles, should often be soothed with tender sympathy. Mutual kindness and forbearance will make home a paradise and attract holy angels into the family circle.
1T 386.1
The mother can and should do much toward controlling her nerves and mind when depressed; even when she is sick, she can, if she only schools herself, be pleasant and cheerful, and can bear more noise than she would once have thought possible. She should not make the children feel her infirmities and cloud their young, sensitive minds by her depression of spirits, causing them to feel that the house is a tomb and the mother's room the most dismal place in the world. The mind and nerves gain tone and strength by the exercise of the will. The power of the will in many cases will prove a potent soother of the nerves.
1T 387.1
Do not let your children see you with a clouded brow. If they yield to temptation, and afterward see and repent of their error, forgive them just as freely as you hope to be forgiven by your Father in heaven. Kindly instruct them, and bind them to your hearts. It is a critical time for children. Influences will be thrown around them to wean them from you, which you must counteract. Teach them to make you their confidant. Let them whisper in your ear their trials and joys. By encouraging this, you will save them from many a snare that Satan has prepared for their inexperienced feet. Do not treat your children only with sternness, forgetting your own childhood, and forgetting that they are but children. Do not expect them to be perfect or try to make them men and women in their acts at once. By so doing, you will close the door of access which you might otherwise have to them, and will drive them to open a door for injurious influences, for others to poison their young minds before you awake to their danger.
1T 387.2
Satan and his host are making most powerful efforts to sway the minds of the children, and they must be treated with candor, Christian tenderness, and love. This will give you a strong influence over them, and they will feel that they can repose unlimited confidence in you. Throw around your children the charms of home and of your society. If you do this, they will not have so much desire for the society of young associates. Satan works through these, leading them to influence and corrupt the minds of one another. It is the most effectual way in which he can work. The young have a powerful influence over one another. Their conversation is not always choice and elevated. Evil communications are breathed into the ear, which, if not decidedly resisted, find a lodgment in the heart, take root, and spring up to bear fruit and corrupt good manners. Because of the evils now in the world, and the restriction necessary to be placed upon the children, parents should have double care to bind them to their hearts and let them see that they wish to make them happy.
1T 387.3
Parents should not forget their childhood years, how much they yearned for sympathy and love, and how unhappy they felt when censured and fretfully chided. They should be young again in their feelings and bring their minds down to understand the wants of their children. Yet with firmness, mixed with love, they should require obedience from their children. The parents’ word should be implicitly obeyed.
1T 388.1
Angels of God are watching the children with the deepest interest to see what characters they develop. If Christ dealt with us as we often deal with one another and with our children, we would stumble and fall through utter discouragement. I saw that Jesus knows our infirmities, and has Himself shared our experience in all things but in sin; therefore He has prepared for us a path suited to our strength and capacity, and, like Jacob, has marched softly and in evenness with the children as they were able to endure, that He might entertain us by the comfort of His company, and be to us a perpetual guide. He does not despise, neglect, or leave behind the children of the flock. He has not bidden us move forward and leave them. He has not traveled so hastily as to leave us with our children behind. Oh, no; but He has evened the path to life, even for children. And parents are required in His name to lead them along the narrow way. God has appointed us a path suited to the strength and capacity of children.
1T 388.2
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East","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0091_eng_f_chapter_76_the_cause_in_the_east_116_1941.mp3#duration=2249&size=18076648"},{"para_id":"116.1997","title":"Chapter 77\u2014The Prayer of David","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0092_eng_f_chapter_77_the_prayer_of_david_116_1997.mp3#duration=283&size=2353811"},{"para_id":"116.2007","title":"Chapter 78\u2014Extremes in Dress","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0093_eng_f_chapter_78_extremes_in_dress_116_2007.mp3#duration=266&size=2216769"},{"para_id":"116.2018","title":"Chapter 79\u2014Communications to Elder Hull","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0094_eng_f_chapter_79_communications_to_elder_hull_116_2018.mp3#duration=1762&size=14182697"},{"para_id":"116.2067","title":"Chapter 80\u2014Unconsecrated Ministers","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0095_eng_f_chapter_80_unconsecrated_ministers_116_2067.mp3#duration=1663&size=13392281"},{"para_id":"116.2114","title":"Chapter 81\u2014The Minister's Wife","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0096_eng_f_chapter_81_the_minister_s_wife_116_2114.mp3#duration=814&size=6597233"},{"para_id":"116.2136","title":"Chapter 82\u2014Patent Rights","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0097_eng_f_chapter_82_patent_rights_116_2136.mp3#duration=95&size=845420"},{"para_id":"116.2141","title":"Chapter 83\u2014Reform in Dress","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0099_eng_f_chapter_83_reform_in_dress_116_2142.mp3#duration=1459&size=11763251"},{"para_id":"116.2195","title":"Chapter 84\u2014Our Ministers","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0100_eng_f_chapter_84_our_ministers_116_2195.mp3#duration=2957&size=23743313"},{"para_id":"116.2272","title":"Chapter 85\u2014The Health Reform","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0101_eng_f_chapter_85_the_health_reform_116_2272.mp3#duration=1388&size=11195253"},{"para_id":"116.2315","title":"Chapter 86\u2014Address to the Young","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0103_eng_f_chapter_86_address_to_the_young_116_2316.mp3#duration=2764&size=22202623"},{"para_id":"116.2387","title":"Chapter 87\u2014Recreation for Christians","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0104_eng_f_chapter_87_recreation_for_christians_116_2387.mp3#duration=1056&size=8533317"},{"para_id":"116.2416","title":"Chapter 88\u2014The Reform Dress","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0105_eng_f_chapter_88_the_reform_dress_116_2416.mp3#duration=797&size=6463692"},{"para_id":"116.2437","title":"Chapter 89\u2014Surmisings About Battle Creek","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0106_eng_f_chapter_89_surmisings_about_battle_creek_116_2437.mp3#duration=307&size=2539813"},{"para_id":"116.2447","title":"Chapter 90\u2014Shifting Responsibilities","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0107_eng_f_chapter_90_shifting_responsibilities_116_2447.mp3#duration=522&size=4265553"},{"para_id":"116.2463","title":"Chapter 91\u2014Proper Observance of the Sabbath","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0108_eng_f_chapter_91_proper_observance_of_the_sabbath_116_2463.mp3#duration=235&size=1965072"},{"para_id":"116.2472","title":"Chapter 92\u2014Political Sentiments","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0109_eng_f_chapter_92_political_sentiments_116_2472.mp3#duration=176&size=1498200"},{"para_id":"116.2479","title":"Chapter 93\u2014Usury","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0110_eng_f_chapter_93_usury_116_2479.mp3#duration=236&size=1976330"},{"para_id":"116.2488","title":"Chapter 94\u2014Deceitfulness of Riches","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0111_eng_f_chapter_94_deceitfulness_of_riches_116_2488.mp3#duration=1030&size=8327111"},{"para_id":"116.2516","title":"Chapter 95\u2014Obedience to the Truth","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0112_eng_f_chapter_95_obedience_to_the_truth_116_2516.mp3#duration=1001&size=8095034"},{"para_id":"116.2544","title":"Chapter 96\u2014Life Insurance","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0113_eng_f_chapter_96_life_insurance_116_2544.mp3#duration=305&size=2530812"},{"para_id":"116.2554","title":"Chapter 97\u2014Circulate the Publications","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0114_eng_f_chapter_97_circulate_the_publications_116_2554.mp3#duration=89&size=801000"},{"para_id":"116.2560","title":"Chapter 98\u2014The \u201cHealth Reformer\u201d","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0115_eng_f_chapter_98_the_health_reformer_116_2560.mp3#duration=102&size=903610"},{"para_id":"116.2566","title":"Chapter 99\u2014The Health Institute","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0116_eng_f_chapter_99_the_health_institute_116_2566.mp3#duration=1672&size=13466835"},{"para_id":"116.2613","title":"Chapter 100\u2014Health and Religion","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0117_eng_f_chapter_100_health_and_religion_116_2613.mp3#duration=496&size=4055734"},{"para_id":"116.2629","title":"Chapter 101\u2014Work and Amusements","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0118_eng_f_chapter_101_work_and_amusements_116_2629.mp3#duration=167&size=1425079"},{"para_id":"116.2638","title":"Introduction","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0120_eng_f_introduction_116_2639.mp3#duration=124&size=1080895"},{"para_id":"116.2646","title":"Chapter 102\u2014Sketch of Experience","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0121_eng_f_chapter_102_sketch_of_experience_116_2646.mp3#duration=2384&size=19157641"},{"para_id":"116.2709","title":"Chapter 103\u2014Laborers in the Office","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0122_eng_f_chapter_103_laborers_in_the_office_116_2709.mp3#duration=1104&size=8917461"},{"para_id":"116.2745","title":"Chapter 104\u2014Conflicts and Victory","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0123_eng_f_chapter_104_conflicts_and_victory_116_2745.mp3#duration=2642&size=21227849"},{"para_id":"116.2831","title":"Chapter 105\u2014Response From Battle Creek Church","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0124_eng_f_chapter_105_response_from_battle_creek_church_116_2831.mp3#duration=346&size=2853411"},{"para_id":"116.2857","title":"Chapter 106\u2014Cutting and Slashing","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0125_eng_f_chapter_106_cutting_and_slashing_116_2857.mp3#duration=1400&size=11287915"},{"para_id":"116.2898","title":"Chapter 107\u2014Danger of Self-Confidence","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0126_eng_f_chapter_107_danger_of_self_confidence_116_2898.mp3#duration=1132&size=9140245"},{"para_id":"116.2930","title":"Chapter 108\u2014Be Not Deceived","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0127_eng_f_chapter_108_be_not_deceived_116_2930.mp3#duration=170&size=1443106"},{"para_id":"116.2937","title":"Chapter 109\u2014Publishing Personal Testimonies","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0129_eng_f_chapter_109_publishing_personal_testimonies_116_2938.mp3#duration=407&size=3345734"},{"para_id":"116.2953","title":"Chapter 110\u2014The Health Institute","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0130_eng_f_chapter_110_the_health_institute_116_2953.mp3#duration=1636&size=13175886"},{"para_id":"116.2997","title":"Chapter 111\u2014Sketch of Experience","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0131_eng_f_chapter_111_sketch_of_experience_116_2997.mp3#duration=178&size=1511158"},{"para_id":"116.3005","title":"Chapter 112\u2014Ministers, Order, and Organization","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0132_eng_f_chapter_112_ministers_order_and_organization_116_3005.mp3#duration=1337&size=10780953"},{"para_id":"116.3039","title":"Chapter 113\u2014Further Labors","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0133_eng_f_chapter_113_further_labors_116_3039.mp3#duration=1927&size=15503209"},{"para_id":"116.3098","title":"Chapter 114\u2014The Case of Hannah More","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0134_eng_f_chapter_114_the_case_of_hannah_more_116_3098.mp3#duration=2079&size=16717263"},{"para_id":"116.3171","title":"Chapter 115\u2014Healthful Cookery","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0135_eng_f_chapter_115_healthful_cookery_116_3171.mp3#duration=1124&size=9078797"},{"para_id":"116.3203","title":"Chapter 116\u2014Books and Tracts","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0136_eng_f_chapter_116_books_and_tracts_116_3203.mp3#duration=440&size=3604335"},{"para_id":"116.3219","title":"Chapter 117\u2014The Christian's Watchword","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0137_eng_f_chapter_117_the_christian_s_watchword_116_3219.mp3#duration=723&size=5868888"},{"para_id":"116.3239","title":"Chapter 118\u2014Sympathy at Home","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0138_eng_f_chapter_118_sympathy_at_home_116_3239.mp3#duration=1960&size=15765749"},{"para_id":"116.3294","title":"Chapter 119\u2014The Husband's Position","mp3":"\/mp3\/116\/0139_eng_f_chapter_119_the_husband_s_position_116_3294.mp3#duration=771&size=6252054"}]