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children are listened to before the words of teachers, who mourn over
the wrong
Teacher’s Work Doubled by Non-co-operative Parents—The
neglect of parents to train their children makes the work of the teacher
doubly hard. The children bear the stamp of the unruly, unamiable
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traits revealed by their parents. Neglected at home, they regard the
discipline of the school as oppressive and severe. Such children, if not
carefully guarded, will leaven other children by their undisciplined,
deformed characters.... The good that children might receive in school
to counteract their defective home training is undermined by the sym-
pathy which their parents show for them in their wrongdoing.
Shall parents who believe the Word of God continue their crooked
management and confirm in their children their evil propensities?
Fathers and mothers professing the truth for this time might better
come to their senses and no longer be partakers in this evil, no longer
carry out Satan’s devices by accepting the false testimony of their
unconverted children. It is enough for teachers to have the children’s
influence to contend with, without having the parents’ influence also
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11
The Review and Herald, January 20, 1901
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12
The Review and Herald, October 9, 1900
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