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一.合适的学龄
世上的习惯鼓励人们在孩子很小、还需母亲照顾时就把他们送到学校。(《基督化教育》182页){PH124 1.1}
儿童八岁或十岁以前，父母应是他们唯一的教师。(《基督化教育》第8页){PH124 1.2}
不要太早把你们的小孩子送到学校去。母亲在把幼儿的心智交给别人去塑造的事上要谨慎。父母们应该作自己儿女最好的老师，直到他们到了八到十岁。他们的教室应该是露天，在花儿和鸟儿中，他们的课本应该是自然界的珍宝。(《基督化教育》170页){PH124 1.3}
儿童八岁或十岁以前的唯一课堂，应当在露天盛开的花卉和自然的美景之中。他们最熟悉的课本，应是自然界的宝藏。(《证言》卷三137页){PH124 2.1}
男女儿童，都必须在家庭学校中，准备好进入教会学校。……聪明的父母，必要帮助他们的儿女明白：他们在学校生活中应当像在家中一样，竭力讨上帝喜悦，并尊荣祂。(《基督教育之研究》150页){{PH124 2.2}
家庭学校
1.圣经—圣经应作为儿童的第一本教科书。父母必须从这本书中讲授智慧的功课。……从圣经中儿童可以认识到上帝就是他们的父;从圣经荣美的教训中他们也可以认识祂的品德。他们既领受了圣经原则的训诲，就会学习正确地判断，秉公行义。……父母们，你们给儿女的教育应当简明易懂。应当将你从圣经中所学得的教训清楚地向他们年幼的心思讲明，使他们不至听不懂。借着上帝圣言的简明教训和他们自己的经验，你可以教导他们如何按最高的标准作人。(《基督教育之研究》108、109页){{PH124 2.3}
我们的天父在赐下祂圣言的时候，并没有忽视儿童。在人所写的一切作品中，哪里能找到像圣经故事中这样扣人心弦，适于引起儿童兴趣的内容呢?{PH124 2.4}
这些简单的故事，阐明了上帝律法的伟大原则。这样，父母和教师就可以通过最适合儿童理解力的图解，尽早开始实现上帝有关祂圣言的吩咐：“要殷勤教训你的儿女，无论你坐在家里，行在路上，躺下，起来，都要谈论”(申6:7)。{PH124 3.1}
使用实例、黑板、地图、画片会有助于讲解这些教训，让他们牢牢记在心上。父母和教师应不断设法改进教学方法。圣经的讲授要运用我们最活跃的思想、最好的方法和最诚恳的努力。(《教育论》185、186页){PH124 3.2}
2.大自然—应当按着他们的理解力，在他们面前打开上帝大自然的课本。母亲……应培养自己和孩子喜爱美丽的蓓蕾和盛开的花朵。她既引导孩子们注意花朵的各种颜色和形状，就能使他们熟悉那创造一切美丽的东西、使他们心旷神怡的上帝了。……。在自然界美丽动人的景色中，这些教训留在孩子的心中，是决不会轻易忘记的。(《基督化教育》8、9页){PH124 3.3}
母亲们，要让小孩子在大自然中玩耍，倾听鸟儿的歌声，学习上帝在祂美丽创作中所显示的爱心。要从大自然的课本，和他们周围的事物中，教导他们简单的课题。当他们的心智稍有扩展的时候，就可以增加书本的功课。(《基督教育之研究》146页){PH124 3.4}
对于那些尚不能认字，无法正常进入课堂学习的儿童，大自然提供了教育与喜乐的无穷资源。人心若没有因犯罪而变得刚硬，就会看出上帝的能力弥漫在一切受造之物中。人的耳朵若未因世俗的喧嚣而麻木，就会听到那藉着自然界所发出来的声音。……此外没有其它方法可以为真教育奠定如此坚定稳固的基础。(《教育论》100，101页){PH124 3.5}
3.生理和卫生—人在懂事的时候起，就当明白身体的构造。我们观察和赞叹上帝的自然界，但人体的结构是最奇妙的。所以在安排儿童功课时，将生理学置于重要位置，是很重要的。所有的儿童应当研究它。同时父母也要增设实用卫生学。(《基督教育之研究》125页){PH124 4.1}
每一位母亲都应注意让自己的儿女了解他们自己的身体，以及如何照顾自己的身体。她应当说明我们仁慈的天父所赐给我们的肌肉的构造和用途。(《教育特别证言》33页){PH124 4.2}
父母应当设法唤醒儿女研究生理学的兴趣。……要继续教导他们认识自己的身体，知道如何照顾自己的身体。不注意身体健康的人，也不会注意自己的道德。(《基督化的教育》173页){PH124 4.3}
要尽早采用简单易懂的课程，教导儿童初级的生理卫生知识。这种工作应该由母亲在家中开始。(《教育论》196页){PH124 4.4}
4.声音的培养与歌唱—家庭生活是练声的最佳学校。要在各方面研究不要发出恼人的声音，而要培养一种柔和的声音，又清楚又明白。这样母亲们就可在家中成为教师。母亲们自己应当行事像基督，在家中说温柔慈爱的话语。于是在天上的案卷中，她们的名下就会写着：“你们是与上帝同工的。”……要避免一切使你们孩子焦躁的事情。(《文稿》1898年9月24日) {PH124 4.5}
家庭中要有纯洁美妙的歌声，少一些非难，多一些愉快、盼望和喜乐。(《教育论》168页){PH124 5.1}
5.阅读—父母在家中，应当排除一切不良的影响。……我要对那些认为可以随意看小说杂志的人说，你们现在撒的种子，必要结出你们所不愿收的庄稼。……{PH124 5.2}
儿童正在发育之心灵渴求知识。父母应当充实自己的知识，以便随时给孩子以合适的精神食粮。(《基督教育之研究》120、121页){{PH124 5.3}
6.花钱要有计划性——男女儿童不论是靠父母供给或是自己赚钱，都要学习去选购自己的衣服、书籍和其它必需品;把自己的开支记录下来，他们就会了解金钱的价值和用法。这是他们从其它方法学不到的。{PH124 5.4}
这种训练会帮助他们辨别真正的节约与吝啬和浪费。在正确的指导下，这种训练会使人养成慈善的习惯，并帮助青年人学习施舍。这种施舍不是出于感情冲动，心血来潮，而是定期和有计划性的。(《教育论》239页){PH124 5.5}
7.家庭责任—母亲应当成为教师。每一个儿童都应在家庭学校中，接受启蒙教育。这些功课应当包括勤劳的习惯。……但即使在他们还很小的时候，也当使他们学习做有用处的人。要训练他们认识到：作为家庭的一员，他应当有兴趣帮助分担家庭的担子。要在完成必要的家务中，寻求有益于健康的活动。{PH124 5.6}
父母应当找一些有用的工作给自己的儿女去做，让他们担负适合他们年龄和体力的责任。应当让孩子做一些不仅使他们忙碌，而且引起他们兴趣的事。儿童从很小起就当积极地动手动脑。父母若疏忽使儿童的才能得到合理运用，就会对他们造成很大的伤害。因为撒但随时准备找点事给他们做。(《基督教育之研究》146页){{PH124 6.1}
当女孩子满了九岁或十岁的时候，就应该按照她的能力，让她承担家庭中部分应尽的本分，她对于自己工作时所表现的态度，也要负责任。有人问一位有见识的父亲对他自己的女儿有何期望时，他回答说：“我打算让她们在自己贤淑的母亲跟前，学习那善用光阴的艺术，以便将来配承担妻子和母亲的重责，作一家的主妇和社会的有用分子。”(《时兆》1882年6月29日){PH124 6.2}
在家庭学校中，应当教导儿童，如何完成每日生活中派给他的任务。当他们还年幼时，母亲就要每天给他们一些简单的工作。……她要记住，自己是家庭学校中的主任教师。她要教导她的孩子，迅速敏捷地完成家务劳动。要尽早训练他们分担家务。应当教育儿童自幼年起，就逐步担起担子，在家务中作聪明的助手。(《基督教育之研究》122页){{PH124 6.3}
8.园艺—如果有可能的话，最好把家设在城外，在那里儿童在有耕作的土地。让他们都各有一块自己的小园地，你可以教导他们如何开垦，如何松土撒种，以及除去杂草的重要性，并可教导他们，从生活中除去难看的不良做法的重要性。教导他们要像除去杂草那样，除去自己的坏习惯。(《基督教育之研究》124页){PH124 6.4}
9.烹饪—不要忘记教导你的孩子如何烹调有益健康的食物，……并把宗教生活中所必须的原则，教授给他们。(《基督教育之研究》127页){PH124 7.1}
10.使用工具—当孩子长到一定的年龄，就当学习使用工具。他们一定会成为聪明的学生。父亲若是木匠，就要教儿子木工。(《基督教育之研究》122页){PH124 7.2}
11.缝纫—应教导少女……如何裁剪和修补、缝纫衣服，使她们受到人生实际职责的教育。(《基督化教育》19页){PH124 7.3}
12.传道工作—父母有责任培养他们儿女的才能，使他们能为上帝作良好的工作。……父母们，务要帮助你的孩子，实现上帝对于他们的旨意。应当在家庭中，对他们进行传道工作的训练，预备他们在更大范围内成为有用的人。(《基督教育之研究》130页){PH124 7.4}
13.正确的习惯—父母们!要如看护你眼中瞳人那样看护孩子们的道德和习惯。(《基督教育之研究》120页){{PH124 7.5}
上帝不要儿童不良的偏向养成习惯。(《基督教育之研究》123页){PH124 7.6}
父母和教师应当为塑造孩子公义的品格而工作。(《基督教育之研究》148页){PH124 7.7}
在上帝的律法中，祂赐给我们一个样式。我们品格的建造，必须照“山上指示你的样式。”(上帝的)律法是公义的伟大标准。(《教育特别证言》73页){PH124 8.1}
有规律应该成为孩子们一切习惯的准则。(《基督化教育》163页){PH124 8.2}
主乐意将奢侈习惯的恶果显在我面前，使我可以警告父母们：要教导儿女厉行节约。(《基督化教育》165页){PH124 8.3}
孩子应当从母亲身上学习整洁、周到和敏捷的习惯。(《基督教育之研究》122页){{PH124 8.4}
孩子应当会自己玩耍，并发挥自己的聪明技巧，学会简单的游戏而知足。应当教导他们勇敢地处理自己小小的挫折和考验。……{PH124 8.5}
要教导儿童学习如何为别人着想。青年应自幼养成谦虚顺从、舍己自制和关心别人幸福的习惯。要教导他们制服急躁的脾气，制止轻率的言语，显示一贯的仁慈、礼貌和自制。(《基督教育之研究》123、124页){{PH124 8.6}
应当在家庭和学校中借着训诲和榜样，教导儿童和青少年作忠诚、无私和勤劳的人。(《基督教育之研究》148页){PH124 8.7}
天真朴素的儿童，是最有吸引力的。……不要褒奖他们的容貌、言语和举动，而引起他们的虚荣心。也不要给他们穿富贵华丽的衣服，这样会造成他们骄傲自恃，并引起同伴的嫉妒。要教导儿童真正的装饰不在乎外表。……{PH124 8.8}
眼睛需要受教育，否则孩子就会注视罪恶，引以为乐。舌头也需受教育。……若不教导孩子本着敬畏上帝的心敬爱和顺从父母，又怎么能引导他们爱上帝呢?{PH124 8.9}
要按着儿童天真朴素的特点进行教育。教导他们顺从、正直、务实。(《教育特别证言》69、70页){PH124 9.1}
应当训练他们的心智去思考，努力记住所指定给他们的工作。(《教育特别证言》223页){PH124 9.2}
父母们应当要求自己的孩子尊重和顺从合理的权威。(《教育论》244页){PH124 9.3}
应当教育和训练儿童，使他们知道，他们定会遭遇试探、困难和危险的。要教导他们控制自己并勇敢地战胜困难。……这样，他们就会有坚强的品格，维护正义，坚持原则。(《基督化教育》14页){PH124 9.4}
许多孩子因为在工作时没有得到鼓励和少许的帮助，便感灰心而时常改变目标。他们也会将这种不幸的弱点带进成年的生活中。他们因为未受教导在困难灰心之时应有恒心毅力，以致屡试屡败，一事无成。(《基督化教育》15页){PH124 9.5}
14.孩子要成为基督徒—小孩子也可以成为基督徒，获得与其年龄相称的经验。……他们需要在属灵的事上受教。父母应向他们提供一切方便，使他们按着基督可爱的品德，塑造自己的品格。(《教育特别证言》71页){PH124 9.6}
要教导孩子们基督是他们个人的救主;他们可以藉着把心献给祂的简单过程而成为祂的门徒。(《教育特别证言》223页){PH124 9.7}
PH124 - What Shall We Teach?
【What Shall We Teach? Proper School Age】
“It has been the custom to encourage sending children to school, when they were mere babies, needing a mother’s care.”—Christian Education, 182.?{PH124 1.1}[1]
“Parents should be the only teachers of their children until they have reached eight or ten years of age.”—Christian Education, 8.?{PH124 1.2}[2]
“Do not send your little ones away to school too early. The mother should be careful how she trusts the molding of the infant mind to other hands. Parents ought to be the best teachers of?their children until they have reached eight or ten years of age. Their schoolroom should be the open air, amid the flowers and birds, and their textbook the treasure of nature.”—Christian Education, 170. (See also?Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 60-72.){PH124 1.3}[3]
“The only schoolroom for children from eight to ten years of age should be in the open air, amid the opening flowers and nature’s beautiful scenery. And their only textbook should be the treasures of nature.”—“Testimonies for the Church 3:137.?{PH124 2.1}[4]
“It is in the home school that our boys and girls are to be prepared to attend the church school.... Wise parents will help their children to understand that in the school life, as in the home, they are to strive to please God, to be an honor to Him.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 150.?{PH124 2.2}[5]
【Home School】
1—Bible—“The Bible should be the child’s first textbook. From this book parents are to give wise instruction.... From it the children are to learn that God is their Father; and from the beautiful lessons of His Word they are to gain a knowledge of His character. Through the inculcation of its principles, they are to learn to do justice and judgment.... Parents, let the instruction you give your children be simple, and be sure that it is clearly understood. The lessons that you learn from the Word you are to present to their young minds so plainly that they cannot fail to understand. By simple lessons drawn from the Word of God and their own experience, you may teach them how to conform their lives to the highest standard.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 108, 109.?{PH124 2.3}[6]
“Our heavenly Father, in giving His Word, did not overlook the children. In all that men have written, where can be found anything that has such a hold upon the heart, anything so well adapted to awaken the interest of the little ones, as the stories of the Bible??{PH124 2.4}[7]
“In these simple stories may be made plain the great principles of the law of God. Thus by illustrations best suited to the child’s comprehension, parents and teachers may begin very early to fulfil the Lord’s injunction concerning His precepts: ‘Thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.’?{PH124 3.1}[8]
“The use of object lessons, blackboards, maps, and pictures will be an aid in explaining these lessons, and fixing them in the memory. Parents and teachers should constantly seek for improved methods. The teaching of the Bible should have our freshest thought, our best methods, and our most earnest effort.”—Education, 185, 186.?{PH124 3.2}[9]
2—Nature—“As fast as their minds can comprehend it, the parents should open before them [their children] God’s great book of nature. The mother ...should find time to cultivate, in herself and in her children, a love for the beautiful buds and opening flowers. By calling the attention of her children to their different colors and variety of forms, she can make them acquainted with God, who made all the beautiful things which attract and delight them.... These lessons, imprinted upon the minds of young children amid the pleasant, attractive scenes of nature, will not be soon forgotten.”—Testimonies for the Church 3:137.?(See also?Christian Education, 8, 9.)?{PH124 3.3}[10]
“Mothers, let the little ones play in the open air; let them listen to the songs of the birds, and learn the love of God as expressed in His beautiful works. Teach them simple lessons from the book of nature and the things about them; and as their minds expand, lessons from books may be added.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 146.?{PH124 3.4}[11]
“To the little child not yet capable of learning from the printed page or of being introduced to the routine of the schoolroom, nature presents an?unfailing source of instruction and delight. The heart not yet hardened by contact with evil is quick to recognize the Presence that pervades all created things. The ear as yet undulled by the world’s clamor is attentive to the Voice that speaks through nature’s utterances.... In no other way can the foundation of a true education be so firmly and surely laid.”—Education, 100, 101.?{PH124 3.5}[12]
3—Physiology and Hygiene—“From the first dawn of reason the human mind should become intelligent in regard to the physical structure. We may behold and admire the work of God in the natural world, but the human habitation is the most wonderful. It is therefore of the highest importance that among the studies selected for children, physiology occupy an important place. All children should study it. And then parents should see to it that practical hygiene is added.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 125.?{PH124 4.1}[13]
“Every mother should see that her children understand their own bodies, and how to care for them. She should explain the construction and use of the muscles given us by our kind heavenly Father.”—Special Testimonies on Education, 33.?{PH124 4.2}[14]
“Parents should seek to awaken in their children an interest in the study of physiology.... Continue to teach them in regard to their own bodies, and how to take care of them. Recklessness in regard to bodily health tends to recklessness in morals.”—Christian Education, 173, 174.?{PH124 4.3}[15]
“Children should be early taught, in simple, easy lessons, the rudiments of physiology and hygiene. The work should be begun by the mother in the home.”—Education, 196.?{PH124 4.4}[16]
4—Voice Culture and Singing—“The very best school for voice culture is the home. Study in every way not to annoy, but to cultivate a soft voice, distinct and plain. Thus mothers may become teachers in the home. Mothers should themselves act like Christ, speaking tender, loving words?in the home; then opposite their names in the book of heaven will be written, ‘Ye are laborers together with God.’ ...Avoid everything that will be rasping to your children.”—MS., September 24, 1898.?{PH124 4.5}[17]
“Let there be singing in the home, of songs that are sweet and pure, and there will be fewer words of censure, and more of cheerfulness and hope and joy.”—Education, 168.?{PH124 5.1}[18]
5—Reading—“Parents should endeavor to keep out of the home every influence that is not productive of good.... To those who feel free to read story magazines and novels I would say: You are sowing seed the harvest of which you will not care to garner....?{PH124 5.2}[19] “The susceptible, expanding mind of the child longs for knowledge. Parents should keep themselves well informed, that they may give the minds of their children proper food.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 120, 121.?{PH124 5.3}[20]
6—Use of Money and Systematic Giving—“Whether supplied by their parents or by their own earnings, let boys and girls learn to select and purchase their own clothing, their books, and other necessities; and by keeping an account of their expenses they will learn, as they could learn in no other way, the value and the use of money.?{PH124 5.4}[21]
“This training will help them to distinguish true economy from niggardliness on the one hand and prodigality on the other. Rightly directed, it will encourage habits of benevolence. It will aid the youth in learning to give, not from the mere impulse of the moment, as their feelings are stirred, but regularly and systematically.”—Education, 239.?{PH124 5.5}[22]
7—Home Duties—“The mother should be the teacher, and home the school where every child receives his first lessons; and these lessons should include habits of industry.... Let them also learn, even in their earliest years, to be useful. Train them to think that, as members of the household, they are to act an interested, helpful part?in sharing the domestic burdens, and to seek healthful exercise in the performance of necessary home duties.{PH124 5.6}[23]
“It is essential for parents to find useful employment for their children, which will involve the bearing of responsibilities as their age and strength will permit. The children should be given something to do that will not only keep them busy, but interest them. The active hands and brains must be employed from the earliest years. If parents neglect to turn their children’s energies into useful channels, they do them great injury; for Satan is ready to find them something to do.”—Special Testimonies on Education, 37, 38. (See also?Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 146.)?{PH124 6.1}[24]
“When a little girl is nine or ten years old, she should be required to take her regular share in household duties, as she is able, and should be held responsible for the manner in which she does her work. That was a wise father, who, when asked what he intended to do with his daughters, replied, ‘I intend to apprentice them to their excellent mother, that they may learn the art of improving time, and be fitted to become wives and mothers, heads of families, and useful members of society.’”—The Signs of the Times, June 29, 1882.?{PH124 6.2}[25]
“In the home school the children should be taught how to perform the practical duties of everyday life. While they are still young, the mother should give them some simple task to do each day.... Let her remember that the home is a school in which she is the head teacher. It is hers to teach her children how to perform the duties of the household quickly and skilfully. As early in life as possible they should be trained to share the burdens of the home. From childhood boys and girls should be taught to bear heavier and still heavier burdens, intelligently helping in the work of the family firm.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 122.?{PH124 6.3}[26]
8—Gardening—“If possible, the home should be out of the city, where the children can have?ground to cultivate. Let them each have a piece of ground of their own; and as you teach them how to make a garden, how to prepare the soil for seed, and the importance of keeping all the weeds pulled out, teach them also how important it is to keep unsightly, injurious practices out of the life. Teach them to keep down wrong habits as they keep down the weeds in their gardens.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 124.?{PH124 6.4}[27]
9—Cooking—“Do not neglect to teach your children how to prepare wholesome food. In giving them these lessons ...you are ...inculcating principles which are needful elements in their religious life.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 127. (See also?Christian Education, 174;?Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 60-72.?{PH124 7.1}[28]
10—Use of Tools—“When children reach a suitable age, they should be provided with tools. They will be found to be apt pupils. If the father is a carpenter, he should give his boys lessons in carpentry.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 122.?{PH124 7.2}[29]
11—Sewing—“Young girls should have been instructed to manufacture wearing apparel, to cut, make, and mend garments, and thus become educated for the practical duties of life.”—Christian Education, 19.?{PH124 7.3}[30]
12—Missionary Work—“Upon parents rests the responsibility of developing in their children those capabilities which will enable them to do good service for God.... Parents, help your children to fulfill God’s purpose for them. In the home they are to be trained to do missionary work that will prepare them for wider spheres of usefulness.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 130.?{PH124 7.4}[31]
13—Right Habits—“Parents, guard the principles and habits of your children as the apple of the eye.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 120.?{PH124 7.5}[32]
“God designs that the perversities natural to childhood shall be rooted out before they become habits.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 123.?{PH124 7.6}[33]
“Parents and teachers should work for ...the formation of right character.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 148.?{PH124 7.7}[34]
“In His law God has given us a pattern. Our character building is to be ‘after the pattern showed to thee in the mount.’ The law [of God] is the great standard of righteousness.”—Special Testimonies on Education, 73.?{PH124 8.1}[35]
“Regularity?should be the rule in all the habits of children.”—Christian Education, 163.?{PH124 8.2}[36]
“The Lord has been pleased to present before me the evils which result from spendthrift habits, that I might admonish parents to teach their children?strict economy.”—Christian Education, 165.?{PH124 8.3}[37]
“From the mother the children are to learn habits of?neatness, thoroughness, and?dispatch.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 122.?{PH124 8.4}[38]
“Children should be trained to amuse themselves, to exercise their own?ingenuity?and?skill. Thus they will learn to be?content?with simple pleasures. They should be taught to?bear bravely their little disappointments and trials....?{PH124 8.5}[39]
“Study how to teach the children to be?thoughtful of others. The youth should be early accustomed to?submission, self-denial, and a regard for others’ happiness. They should be taught to?subdue the hasty temper, to withhold the passionate word, to manifest unvarying?kindness, courtesy, and?self-control.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 123, 124.?{PH124 8.6}[40]
“At home and in the school, by precept and example, the children and youth should be taught to be?truthful, unselfish, industrious.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 148. (See also?Special Testimonies on Education, 42.)?{PH124 8.7}[41]
“Those children are most attractive who are?natural, unaffected.... Vanity should not be encouraged by praising their looks, their words, or their actions. Nor should they be dressed in, an expensive or showy manner. This encourages pride in them, and awakens envy in the hearts of their companions. Teach the children that the?true adorning?is not outward....?{PH124 8.8}[42]
“The eye needs to be educated, or the child will find pleasure in beholding evil. The tongue needs to be educated.... If children are not taught?to?love, respect, and?obey their parents?in the fear of the Lord, how can they be led to love God??{PH124 8.9}[43]
“The little ones should be educated in childhood in childlike?simplicity. They should be trained to be?obedient, upright, and?practical.”—Special Testimonies on Education, 69, 70.?{PH124 9.1}[44]
“Their minds should be trained to think, their?memories taxed to remember, their appointed work.”—Special Testimonies on Education, 223.?{PH124 9.2}[45]
“Parents should require their children to?respect?and?obey rightful authority.”—Christian Education, 244.?{PH124 9.3}[46]
“Children should be trained and educated so that they may expect to meet with difficulties, as well as with temptations and dangers. They should be taught to have?control over themselves,?and to?overcome difficulties?nobly; ...then ...they will have strength of character to stand for the right and preserve principle.”—Christian Education, 14.?{PH124 9.4}[47]
“Many children, for want of words of encouragement, and a little assistance in their efforts in childhood and youth, become disheartened, and change from one thing to another. And they carry this sad defect with them in mature life. They cannot make a success of anything they engage in; for they have not been taught to?persevere under discouraging circumstances.”—Christian Education, 15.?{PH124 9.5}[48]
14—Children to Be Christians—“The little children may be Christians, having an experience in accordance with their years.... They need to be educated in spiritual things; and parents are to give them every advantage, that they may form characters after the similitude of Christ’s lovely character.”—Special Testimonies on Education, 71.?{PH124 9.6}[49]
“Children should be ...taught that Christ is their personal Saviour, and that by the simple process of giving their hearts and minds to Him they become His disciples.”—Special Testimonies on Education, 223.?{PH124 9.7}[50]
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