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 Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 1

CHAPTER 19
PARENTAL INFLUENCES
• There rests upon parents the most solemn obligation
to train their children in the fear and love of God. In
the home the purest morals are to be preserved.
Strict obedience to Bible requirements is to be
taught. The teachings of the Word of God are to
control mind and heart of the homelife may
demonstrate the power of the grace of God.
• Each member of the family is to be
“polished after the similitude of a palace”
(Psalm 144:12) by the divine principles
and precepts.—The Review and Herald, November 10, 1904. 1MCP 163.1
 PARENTS NEED TO
UNDERSTAND CHILDREN
 GOD HAS APPOINTED A
PATH
 FRETFULNESS SHOULD BE
REPRESSED
 PARALYZED MINDS OF
PARENTS
 DIET AND PARENTAL
INFLUENCES
 FATHER, THE FAMILY
HOUSE-BAND
 MOTHERS NOT TO SEEK
EXCITEMENT
 MOTHER SHOULD
ENDEAVOR TO BE SELF-
POSSESSED
 SENSITIVE CHILD NOT TO
BE WOUNDED BY
INDIFFERENCE
 DEAL GENTLY WITH
LITTLE ONES
 WHEN THE WISH OF
CHILD IS LAW
 SATAN SEEKS TO
CONTROL CHILDREN'S
MINDS
 SURROUNDED BY A WALL
NOT EASILY BROKEN
DOWN
 SATAN SEEKS TO
CONTROL CHILDREN'S
MINDS
• Children who receive this kind of
instruction will not be a burden, a
cause of anxiety, in our institutions
[educational, medical, publishing,
etc.]; but they will be a strength, a
support to those who bear
responsibility.
May the Lord Bless us…