Child Guidance
Overview
Covers the essentials of parenting, with chapters on specific character traits such as purity, cheerfulness, self-control, reverence, respect, honesty, cleanliness, and courtesy.
Top Highlights
“Never should we lose control of ourselves. Let us ever keep before us the perfect Pattern. It is a sin to speak impatiently and fretfully or to feel angry—even though we do not speak. We are to walk worthy, giving a right representation of Christ. The speaking of an angry word is like flint striking flint: it at once kindles wrathful feelings.” (Page 95)
“The first child especially should be trained with great care, for he will educate the rest. Children grow according to the influence of those who surround them. If they are handled by those who are noisy and boisterous, they become noisy and almost unbearable.” (Page 27)
“Strength of character consists of two things—power of will and power of self-control. Many youth mistake strong, uncontrolled passion for strength of character; but the truth is that he who is mastered by his passions is a weak man. The real greatness and nobility of the man is measured by his powers to subdue his feelings, not by the power of his feelings to subdue him. The strongest man is he who, while sensitive to abuse, will yet restrain passion and forgive his enemies.” (Pages 161–162)
“Do not become impatient with your children when they err. When you correct them, do not speak abruptly and harshly. This confuses them, making them afraid to tell the truth.” (Page 151)
“One of the first lessons a child needs to learn is the lesson of obedience. Before he is old enough to reason, he may be taught to obey.” (Page 82)
- Title: Child Guidance
- Author: Ellen Gould White
- Publisher: Review & Herald
- Print Publication Date: 1954
- Logos Release Date: 2002
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Ellen White › Writings--Books
- Resource ID: LLS:900.1.1992
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T16:53:22Z