Your children need your love, above all else. The nature of the soul is love—and without love, no child can grow up in the right way. You must give them your time! You must try to sow in their plastic minds seeds of character, without which life can have no meaning or value. You must help them to grow in the love and fear of God.
I recall the story of a young man in France. Having committed a heinous crime, he was sentenced to hard labour for ten years. He received his sentence calmly. But as he was being led away by the police, he turned towards the people present in court and shouted aloud so that everyone could hear him: “I have nothing against the judges—for they have dealt with me justly. I have nothing against the police—for they have done their duty. However, I can never forgive two persons in this courtroom—my father and my mother!”
People listened to him, shocked beyond words, too stunned to react.
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